a. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend back and break; to reflect (light); &unr_; + &unr_; to break. ]
Anaclastic glass,
n. (Opt.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. anti- = Gr.
a. [ See Auto-; Clastic. ] (Geol.) Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; br&unr_;, fr. &unr_; to break. ]
a. Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking. Milman.
a. (Crystallog.) Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said of the monoclinic feldspars. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. syn- + Gr.