synclastic

adjective

syn·​clastic

(ˈ)si|n,

sə̇|,

|ŋ+

: curved toward the same side in all directions

—used of a surface (as of a sphere) that in all directions around any point bends away from a tangent plane toward the same side

—opposed to anticlastic

Word History

Etymology

syn- + Greek klastos broken + English -ic

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