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in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.

A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.

Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.

a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.

h.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex.

cles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.

tchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.] Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass, to receive the strain of the pawls. -- Pawl rim or ring (…

erated by the passage of the current in one direction will be absorbed if the current is reversed.

his old guilt." Chaucer. Death is deferred, and penitenance has room To mitigate, if not reverse, the doom. Dryden.

A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond.

The reverse of a coin. See Reverse. Cross and pile. See under Cross. -- Dry pile. See under Dry.

nning, like that of the triclinic feldspar, producing fine parallel bands in alternately reversed positions.

the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.

in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.

cycle of operations such that the different operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order with a reversal of their effects.

An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. Wheatstone.

, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image.

Punto diritto Etym: [It.], a direct stroke or hit. -- Punto reverso Etym: [It. riverso reverse], a backhanded stroke. Halliwell. "Ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso!" Shak.

To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.

in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.