Definition of Diametrically

1. Adverb. As from opposite ends of a diameter. "Three of these brushes were approximately 120 feet apart and the fourth diametrically opposite to one of the three"

Partainyms: Diametric

Definition of Diametrically

1. adv. In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite.

Definition of Diametrically

1. Adverb. Separated by a diameter, on exactly the opposite side. Frequently used in the phrase ''diametrically opposed'' meaning absolutely in opposition. ¹

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Definition of Diametrically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diametrically

diamantiferous
diamantine
diameter
diameter at breast height
diameter obliqua
diameter transversa
diameters
diametral
diametrally
diametrals
diametre
diametric
diametrical
diametrical opposition
diametrically (current term)
diamfenetide
diamictite
diamictites
diamide
diamides
diamidide
diamidides
diamidine
diamidines
diamidino
diamido-
diamin
diamine
diamine aminotransferase

Literary usage of Diametrically

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... its very nature, is diametrically opposed to the Gregorian chant and classic polyphony, and therefore to the most important law of all good music. ..."

2. A History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1876)
"... they are designed is diametrically opposed to those of the classical 178. ... diametrically ..."

3. The Principles of Mathematics by Bertrand Russell (1903)
"As my views are, on almost every point of mathematical theory, diametrically opposed to those of Kant, it becomes necessary explicitly to defend the ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"25, 394), applying modern electrochemical theory to the process, expounded the diametrically opposite view that water and air alone suffice to establish ..."

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