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di⋅a⋅met⋅ri⋅cal

  [dahy-uh-me-tri-kuhl]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or along a diameter.
2. in direct opposition; being at opposite extremes; complete: diametrical opposites; a diametrical difference.
Also, di⋅a⋅met⋅ric.

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

Related forms:
di⋅a⋅met⋅ri⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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di·a·met·ri·cal   (dī'ə-mět'rĭ-kəl)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or along a diameter.
  2. Exactly opposite; contrary.
di'a·met'ri·cal·ly adv.
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Diametrically

Di*am"e*tric*al*ly\, adv. In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite.

Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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