Category:Synclastic

Syn*clas"tic, a. Etym: [pref. syn- + gr. kla^n to break.] (math. Physics)

Defn: curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of Surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a Tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; -- Opposed to anticlastic. Sir w. Thomson.