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 of light, as seen through water.
  • 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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