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Definition: ANTICLASTIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Anticlastic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Anticlastic \An`ti*clas"tic\, adjective. [Prefix anti- Greek to break.]. (references)

Specialty Expressions: ANTICLASTIC

Expressions Domain Definition
Anticlastic shell Chemical Industry Building structures; double curved shell, e. g. saddle. Source: European Union. (references)

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Definition: ANTICLASTIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ANTICLASTIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Anticlastic \An`ti*clas"tic\, adjective. [Prefix anti- Greek to break.]. (references)

Specialty Expressions: ANTICLASTIC

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Anticlastic shellChemical IndustryBuilding structures; double curved shell, e. g. saddle. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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