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    Anticlastic

    Definition

    When the Gaussian curvature K is everywhere negative, a surface is called anticlastic and is saddle-shaped. A surface on which K is everywhere positive is called synclastic. A point at which the Gaussian curvature is negative is called a hyperbolic point.

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