anticlastic

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anticlastic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anticlastic \An`ti*clas"tic\ ([a^]n`t[i^]*kl[a^]s"t[i^]k), a.
     [Pref. anti- = Gr. kla^n to break.]
     Having opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in
     one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as
     the surface of a saddle.
     [1913 Webster]