| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| 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]. | |
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Date "Anticlastic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Anticlastic \An`ti*clas"tic\, adjective. [Prefix anti- Greek to break.]. (references) |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Anticlastic shell | Chemical Industry | Building structures; double curved shell, e. g. saddle. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
| 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]. | |
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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) |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Anticlastic shell | Chemical Industry | Building structures; double curved shell, e. g. saddle. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||