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obverse

ob·verse [ ób vùrss ]


noun  (plural ob·vers·es)
Definition:
 
1. main side of coin or medal: the side of a coin or medal that has the more important design on it, especially a head.
See also  reversen (sense 6)


2. counterpart: a counterpart, complement, or opposite

3. logic equivalent categorical proposition: a proposition derived from another proposition by denying it and then negating the predicate. The obverse of "Everything is possible" is "Nothing is impossible."



adjective 
Definition:
 
1. visible: facing an observer

2. being counterpart: forming a counterpart to something else

3. botany narrower at base: describes a leaf that is narrower at the base than the tip

[Mid-17th century. < Latin obversus, past participle of obvertere (see obvert)]
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