synclastic Meaning, Definition & Usage

Syn*clas"tic adjective

Etymology

Pref. syn- + Gr. kla^n to break.

Definitions

1. (Math. Physics) Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic. Sir W. Thomson.