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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

synclastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
syn-clas-tic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

curved toward the same side in all directions

adj

of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is positive at all points

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, together”) + κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Antonyms

anticlastic

Rhymes With

fantastic plastic enthusiastic drastic sarcastic elastic stochastic monastic dynastic spastic bombastic thermoplastic

Questions

What does synclastic mean?
curved toward the same side in all directions
Where does synclastic come from?
From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, together”) + κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ic.

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