| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.[Websters]
2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.[Websters] 3. Being reflective.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ANACLASTIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Anaclastic \An`a*clas"tic\, adjective. [Greek expression to bend back and break; to reflect (light); to break.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ANACLASTIC
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Refracting; breaking the rectilinear course of light. Anaclastic glasses, sonorous glasses or phials, which are flexible, and emit a vehement noise by means of the human breath; called also vexing glasses, from the fright which their resilience occasions. They are low phials with flat bellies, like inverted tunnels, and with very thin convex bottoms. By drawing out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing into them, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: ANACLASTIC
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Anaclastic glass | A glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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