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Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.

Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. ÷ glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom.

Anaclastic, an-a-klas′tik, adj. pertaining to refraction: bending back.

The ancient doctrine of refracted light or dioptrics.—Anaclastic curves, the apparent curves formed at the bottom of a vessel full of water, or anything at great depths overboard to an eye placed in the air; also the heavenly vault as seen through the atmosphere.