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DIAMETRICAL OPPOSITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diametrical opposition mean? 

DIAMETRICAL OPPOSITION (noun)
  The noun DIAMETRICAL OPPOSITION has 1 sense:

1. the relation of opposition along a diameterplay

  Familiarity information: DIAMETRICAL OPPOSITION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIAMETRICAL OPPOSITION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The relation of opposition along a diameter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

antipodal; antipodal opposition; diametrical opposition

Hypernyms ("diametrical opposition" is a kind of...):

opposition (a direction opposite to another)


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