1 synclastic | Definition of synclastic

synclastic

adjective
syn·​clastic | \ (ˈ)si|n, sə̇|, |Å‹+\

Definition of synclastic

: 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

History and Etymology for synclastic

syn- + Greek klastos broken + English -ic

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