Synclastic

Synclastic
Synclastic Syn*clas"tic, a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. kla^n to break.] (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. [1913 Webster]

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