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Meaning of DIAMETRIC

Pronunciation:  `dIu'metrik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
  2. [adj]  related to or along a diameter; "the diametral plane"
 
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 Synonyms: diametral, diametrical, diametrical, different, opposite, polar
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di*am"e*tric\, Diametrical \Di*am"e*tric*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a diameter.
2. As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a
   diameter; directly adverse.
 

 

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