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at that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett. -- Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise unit volume of the substance one degr…

conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic.

A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.

To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it. Coxe.

Pertaining to the sending of two messages in opposite directions at the same time.

A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] F. Potter.

(adv. In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.

Contrarily; oppositely. Shak.

On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing. 1 Pet. iii. 9.

Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me. Lev. xxvi. 21. We have lost our labor; they are gone a contrary way. Shak.

A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. Congreve.

A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected.

A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

Turning or looking opposite ways. [Obs.] The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton.

onclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.

Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.

evron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.