a. [mod. f. Gr. ἀνακάμπ-τ-ειν to bend back (f. ἀνά back + καμπ-τ-ειν to bend) + -IC; cf. Gr. καμπτικ-ός liable to bend.] Causing or suffering reflection; chiefly in reference to sound.
1706. Phillips [see ANACAMPTICAL].
1751. Chambers, Cycl., Anacamptic signifies as much as reflecting; and is frequently used in reference to echoes.
1847. Craig, Anacamptic sound, an echo; anacamptic hill, a hill that produces an echo.
