Facing or turned toward the observer: the obverse side of a statue.
Serving as a counterpart or complement.
n.
(ŏb'vûrs', ŏb-vûrs', əb-)
The side of a coin, medal, or badge that bears the principal stamp or design.
The more conspicuous of two possible alternatives, cases, or sides: the obverse of this issue.
Logic The counterpart of a proposition obtained by exchanging the affirmative for the negative quality of the whole proposition and then negating the predicate: The obverse of "Every act is predictable" is "No act is unpredictable."
[Latin obversus, past participle of obvertere, to turn toward; see obvert.] ob·verse'ly adv.
[n. ob-vurs; adj. ob-vurs, ob-vurs] 
