anacamptic Meaning, Definition & Usage

An`a*camp"tic adjective
Etymology
Gr. to bend back; back + to bend.
Definitions
  1. Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo). ✍ The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. See Catoptrics.

Webster 1913