anacamptic

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek to bend back; back + to bend.

Adjective

anacamptic (not comparable)

1. Reflecting or reflected.

   an anacamptic sound (and echo)

Usage notes

• Formerly applied to that part of optics dealing with reflection, now known as catoptrics.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “anacamptic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)