Diametrically
[,daɪə'mɛtrɪkli]
Definition
(adv.) as from opposite ends of a diameter; 'when two honest witnesses give accounts of the same event that differ diametrically, how can anyone prove that the evidence you gave was deliberately false?'; 'three of these brushes were approximately 120 feet apart and the fourth diametrically opposite to one of the three'.
Editor: Sasha--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite.
Editor: Sharon
Examples
- These things and deeds are diametrically opposed: they are as distinct as is vice from virtue. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Diametrically opposite to the chalk mark a small hole is punched into the ball to indicate the weightiest point. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The globe was provided with two escape pipes on diametrically opposite sides and bent so as to discharge in opposite directions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- On the top, diametrically opposite to the center of weight, a chalk mark is placed on the ball and it is then lifted out of the mercury. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In originally committing himself to this line of investigation he was well aware that he was going in a direction diametrically opposite to that followed by previous investigators. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Sharon