diametrical

Also di·a·met·ric

[dahy-uh-me-tri-kuhl]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or along a diameter.

2. in direct opposition; being at opposite extremes; complete.

   diametrical opposites; a diametrical difference.

Other Word Forms

• diametrically adverb
• undiametric adjective
• undiametrical adjective
• undiametrically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of diametrical¹

1545–55; < Greek diametrik ( ós ) ( diámetr ( os ) diameter + -ikos -ic ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

And though the two movies look like diametrical opposites, they share a pair of undeniable throughlines: the aching, all-consuming feeling of desire and the remarkable actors chosen to depict it.

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Despite diametrical differences in ideologies, in values, in ideals and systems, programs for extermination are in place at a magnitude dwarfing what occurred during the first half of the 1940s.

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The diametrical pair overtook Holmes in the primary.

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But van Eyck’s “Crucifixion” and “Last Judgment” panels, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, take this diametrical effect to an astonishing level of visual intensity.

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California’s new regulations put the state squarely at the forefront of U.S. climate policy, in diametrical opposition to the Trump administration, which has prioritized rolling back a slew of environmental regulations.

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