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Meaning of ANACAMPTIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An`a*camp"tic\, a. [Gr. ? to bend back; ? back + ?
to bend.]
Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).
Note: The word was formerly applied to that part of optics
      which treats of reflection; the same as what is now
      called catoptric. See {Catoptrics}.
 
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