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diametric

[ UK /dˌa‍ɪəmˈɛtɹɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
    opposite meanings
    extreme and indefensible polar positions
    diametrical (or opposite) points of view
    in diametric contradiction to his claims
  2. related to or along a diameter
    the diametral plane

How To Use diametric In A Sentence

  • Definitions of what was at stake were thus diametrically opposed.
  • Such are your own and your friends’ impressions; and behold! there starts up a little man, differing diametrically from all these, roundly charging you with being too airy and cheery — too volatile and versatile — too flowery and coloury. Villette
  • And any sane person who knows the definitions of fascism and socialism - two terms diametrically opposed to each other, BTW - would KNOW that the last occupant of the White House had us under a fascist dictatorship. Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • Where direct determination is to be performed, a variety of test methods (including repeated load triaxial, indirect diametrical tensile and unconfined compression) are available.
  • This blows from the point where the sun sets at the summer solstice, and is the only wind that is diametrically opposite to Eurus. Meteorology
  • Such are your own and your friends 'impressions; and behold! there starts up a little man, differing diametrically from all these, roundly charging you with being too airy and cheery -- too volatile and versatile -- too flowery and coloury. Villette
  • And to hear the diametric reactions between Muslim men and Muslim women, who have a completely different reason for and enjoying the film or being upset by the film. Dan Lybarger: A Complicated Legacy: Duane Baughman on Bhutto
  • There are two diametrically opposing poles of opinion on this highly political and racially-charged issue.
  • By continuing to give our political support to an administration whose actions have demonstrated a diametrical * opposition* to that “narrative”? Matthew Yglesias » The Yoo and Bybee Rulings
  • I have no idea how he reconciles these two diametrically opposed stances.
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