Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diametric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diametric \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diametric
adj 1: related to or along a diameter; "the diametral plane" [syn:
{diametral}, {diametrical}]
2: 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" [syn: {diametrical}, {opposite},
{polar}]
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