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Meaning of anallagmatic in English:

anallagmatic

Pronunciation /ˌanəlaɡˈmatɪk/

adjective

Mathematics

  • 1Of a surface or curve: not changed in form by inversion.

    Examples of anallagmatic curves are the cardioid and the Cartesian oval.

  • 2Of a tessellation in which the cells are of one or other of two colours: such that placing any two columns, or any two rows, side by side results in half the adjacent cells having the same colour and half having different colours.

Origin

Mid 19th century. From an- + ancient Greek ἀλλαγματ-, ἄλλαγμα something given in exchange (from the stem of ἀλλάσσειν to change, exchange + -μα see -oma) + -ic, after French anallagmatique.