A surface on which the Gaussian curvature is everywhere positive. When is everywhere negative, a surface is called anticlastic. A point at which the Gaussian curvature is positive is called an elliptic point.
Synclastic
See also
Anticlastic, Elliptic Point, Gaussian Quadrature, Hyperbolic Point, Parabolic Point, Planar PointExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Synclastic." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Synclastic.html