Lexic.us

Definition of Diametrical

1. Adjective. Related to or along a diameter. "The diametral plane"

2. Adjective. Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed. "Extreme and indefensible polar positions"

Definition of Diametrical

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a diagonal ¹

2. Adjective. Completely opposed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diametrical

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Diametrical

1. 1. Of or pertaining to a diameter. 2. As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diametrical

diamante diamantes diamantiferous diamantine diameter diameter at breast height diameter obliqua diameter transversa diameters diametral

diametrally diametrals diametre diametric diametrical (current term) diametrical opposition diametrically diamfenetide diamictite diamictites

diamide diamides diamidide diamidides diamidine diamidines diamidino diamido- diamin

Literary usage of Diametrical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Spherical Trigonometry: And Its Application to Geodesy and by John Casey (1889)
"A spherical triangle ABC is said to be diametrical when its circumcentre is the ... In a diametrical triangle, the angle opposite the diametrical side is ..."

2. Stationary Transformers: Theory, Connections, Operation and Testing of by William Thomas Taylor (1909)
"The diametrical connection of transformer secondaries as represented in Fig. ... Six-phase diametrical connection. are connected to the armature winding of ..."

3. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"The Cincinnati Southern Ry. uses a cast-iron circle 3 ft. diameter with a horizontal diametrical cross arm for the name of the town or county. ..."

4. Methods of Machine Shop Work: For Apprentices and Students in Technical and by Frederick Arthur Halsey (1914)
"... CHAPTER XII GEAR CUTTING Multiplicity of forms of gear-cutting machines—The advantages of the diametrical pitch system—The three basic ..."

5. The Boy Engineers: What They Did and how They Did It; a Book for Boys by James Lukin (1889)
"... point of the centre-bit, and the proper diametrical sizes of the latter respectively. In fig. 23 is shown the kind of work a centre-Lit will do, ..."

6. The Works of ... Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1827)
"Your Lordships will see what sort of things attestations are from that country; that they are attestations procured in diametrical contradiction to the ..."

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