Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Anacamptic

Anacamptic ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed} to bend back; {not transcribed} back + {not transcribed} 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.