Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or produced by the refraction of light.
- Bending back; refracted.
- In prosody, modified or characterized by anaclasis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water.
- adjective Springing back, as the bottom of an
anaclastic glass. - adjective a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Produced by the
refraction oflight , as seen throughwater . - adjective Springing back, as the bottom of an
anaclastic glass .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ἀνακλάω (anaklaō, "bend back, reflect").
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