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anticlastic
adjective
an·ti·clas·tic
Definition of anticlastic
: having opposite curvatures at a given point; specifically : curved convexly along a longitudinal plane section and concavely along the perpendicular section —used of a surface —opposed to synclastic
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Origin and Etymology of anticlastic
1anti- + Greek klastos (from klan to break) + English -ic
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