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ALL meanings of anticlastic

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  • adjective anticlastic (of a surface) having a curvature, at a given point and in a particular direction, that is of the opposite sign to the curvature at that point in a perpendicular direction 3
  • adjective anticlastic (of a surface) having principal curvatures of opposite sign at a given point. 1
  • adjective anticlastic (of a surface) curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped. 0
  • adjective anticlastic (mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points. 0
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