diametric, a.
(daɪəˈmɛtrɪk)
[ad. Gr. διαµετρικός, f. διάµετρος diameter: see -ic.]
1. Relating to or of the nature of a diameter; diametral.
| 1868 Dana Min. Introd. (1880) 20 By a diametric plane or section..is meant a plane passing through any two of the crystallographic axes. |
2. Of opposition or the like: = diametrical 2.
| 1802 H. Martin Helen of Glenross IV. 51 She is..the diametric reverse of her sister Lady Clavington. 1886 J. A. Aldis in Academy 3 July 2/2 The diametric, the irreconcilable, discord between James Hinton and ‘Church teaching’. |