What does anticlastic mean?

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an·ti·clas·tic

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  1. anticlasticadjective

    curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped

  2. anticlasticadjective

    of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points

Webster Dictionary

  1. Anticlasticadjective

    having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle

  2. Etymology: [Pref. anti- = Gr. kla^n to break.]

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  1. Cisatlantic

  2. cis-Atlantic

  3. cisatlantic

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anticlastic in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anticlastic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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    irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
    A pecuniary
    B splay
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