Definition of Anticlastic

1. a. Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.

Definition of Anticlastic

1. Adjective. (context: of a surface) curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped ¹

2. Adjective. (mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticlastic

anticivic
anticivil
anticivism
anticize
anticized
anticizes
antick
anticke
anticked
anticker
antickers
anticking
antickly
anticks
anticlastic (current term)
anticlerical
anticlericalism
anticlericals
anticlimactic
anticlimactical
anticlimactically
anticlimax
anticlimaxes
anticlimb
anticlinal
anticlinals
anticline
anticlined
anticlines

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