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diametrical, a.|daɪəˈmɛtrɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a diameter; passing through or along a diameter; diametral.
1553Eden Treat. Newe Ind. Ep. to Rdr. (Arb.) 10 They were..antipodes, walking feete to feete one agaynste the other, almost as directly as a diametrical lyne. 1615Markham Pleas. Princes, Angling iii. (1635) 16 He should have knowledge in proportions of all sorts, whether Circular, square, or Diametricall. 1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 291 The diametrical Passage following cross-ways. 1864H. Spencer Illustr. Univ. Progr. 282 A current proceeding in a diametrical direction from the equator to the centre.
2. Of opposition or the like: Direct, entire, complete (like that of two points on a circle at opposite ends of a diameter: cf. diameter 4 b). Usually fig.
1613Jackson Creed ii. 221 The Diametricall opposition betwixt the spirit of God and the Spirit of the Papacie. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. xx. 207 The East and West Indies..whose names speak them at diametricall opposition. 1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1784) 29/1 Advice improperly administered generally acts in diametrical opposition to the purpose for which it is supposed to be given. 1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. iv. §1. 247 The diametrical difference between the Talmud and Christianity.
†b. Directly or completely opposed, either in nature or result. Obs.
1647J. Saltmarsh Sparkl. Glory (1847) 117 When Christians are under several forms and administrations, and these diametrical, or opposite to each other. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. ii. 55 The two profest diametrical Enemies of those virtues. a1734North Exam. i. ii. §31 (1740) 46 The Revolution was very quick and diametrical.
†c. quasi-adv. = diametrically 2. Obs.
1653J. Chetwind Dead Speaking 16 Such diametrical opposite effects..from the same cause. |