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Webster 1913 Edition
Anacamptic
Anˊa-camp′tic
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] to bend back; [GREEK] back + [GREEK] to bend.]
Reflecting of reflected;
as, an
. anacamptic
sound (and echo)☞ The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called
catoptric
. See Catoptrics
. Webster 1828 Edition
Anacamptic
ANACAMP'TIC
,Adj.
1.
Reflecting or reflected; a word formerly applied to that part of optics, which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. [See Catoptrics.]2.
Anacamptic sounds, among the Greeks, were sounds produced by reflection, as in echoes; or such as proceeded downwards from acute to grave.