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/sin klas"tik, sing-/, adj. Math.(of a surface) having principal curvatures of similar sign at a given point. Cf. anticlastic.[1865-70; SYN- + Gk klast(ós) broken + -IC]
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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synclastic — /sɪŋˈklæstɪk/ (say sing klastik) adjective denoting or relating to a point of a surface (such as a sphere) at which the two principal curvatures have the same sign (opposed to anticlastic). {syn + Greek klastos broken + ic} …
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