diametricadj.
/dʌɪəˈmɛtrɪk/ 1. Relating to or of the nature of a diameter; diametral.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [adjective] > constituting a diameter
diametrical1553
diametral1555
semidiametral1678
diametric1868
1868 J. D. Dana Min. Introd. (1880) 20 By a diametric plane or section..is meant a plane passing through any two of the crystallographic axes.
2. Of opposition or the like: = diametrical adj. 2.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > opposite or opposed
turneda1325
reversedc1390
contrary1413
opposeda1500
oppositea1513
inverted1563
counter1596
diametrical1613
contraposed1620
oppositive1622
averse1623
diagonial1624
contrarying1628
diametrala1631
conversive1636
Antipodian1640
converted1640
exadverse1647
Antarctic1651
Antipodean1651
antipodal1664
in reverse1694
contradictory1736
converse1794
antithesistic1801
contravening1802
diametric1802
reverse1828
polar1832
antipodist1844
antithetic1864
other-sided1879
antipodic1881
1802 H. Martin Helen of Glenross IV. 51 She is..the diametric reverse of her sister Lady Clavington.
1886 J. A. Aldis in Academy 3 July 2/2 The diametric, the irreconcilable, discord between James Hinton and ‘Church teaching’.
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