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Diametrical, Diametric adj.

Of or pertaining to a diameter.

As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse.

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Etymology of 'Diametrical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Diametrical" Quotes from Famous Books

... their appearance inclined him to put every statement in a paradox. A certain habit of antagonism defaced his earlier writings,—a trick of rhetoric not quite outgrown in his later, of substituting for the obvious word and thought its diametrical opposite. He praised wild mountains and winter forests for their domestic air, in snow and ice he would find sultriness, and commended the wilderness for resembling Rome and Paris. "It was so dry, that ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 • Various

... of the place where you are with reference to the meridian, place a compass, which must be rectangular, along the meridian line, as shown in the figure above, there being upon the card a circle divided into 360 degrees. Divide the circle by two diametrical lines; one representing the north and south, as indicated by EF, the other the east and west, as indicated by GH. Then observe the magnetic needle turning on its pivot upon the card, and you will see how much it deviates from the fixed meridian line upon the ...

— Voyages of Samuel de Champlain V3 • Samuel de Champlain

Words linked to "Diametrical" : diametric, diameter, different, polar, opposite