Meanings
adjective
- curved toward the same side in all directions
- mathematicsof a surface whose Gaussian curvature is positive at all points
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
- Ancient Greekσύν“with, together”
- Englishsynclastic
From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, together”) + κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ic.
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Rhymes with synclastic
fantasticelasticenthusiasticstochasticdrasticthermoplasticsarcasticantineoplasticmonasticinelasticgymnasticmasticviscoelasticdynasticbombasticaplasticanaplasticiconoclasticclasticpyroclastictrophoblasticdysplasticecclesiasticorgiastic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
synclastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synclastic
MLA
“synclastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synclastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “synclastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synclastic.
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