| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section II. Dimensions | | 3. Centrical Dimensions |
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| 237. Contraposition. |
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| NOUN: | CONTRAPOSITION, opposition; polarity; inversion [See Inversion]; opposite side; reverse, inverse; counterpart; antithesis.
ANTIPODES, opposite poles, North and South.
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| VERB: | BE OPPOSITE &c. adj.; subtend.
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| ADJECTIVE: | OPPOSITE; reverse, inverse; converse; antipodal, diametrical, antithetic, counter, subcontrary; fronting, facing, diametrically opposite.
NORTHERN, north, northerly, northward, hyperborean, septentrional, boreal, polar, arctic.
SOUTHERN, south, southerly, meridional, southward, Austral, antarctic.
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| ADVERB: | OVER, over the way, over against; against; face to face, vis-à-vis [F.]; as poles asunder.
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