What does obverse mean?
Definitions for obverse
ˈɒb vɜrs; ɒbˈvɜrs, ˈɒb vɜrsob·verse
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Princeton's WordNet
obversenoun
the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides
"the obverse of this issue"
obversenoun
the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
Wiktionary
obversenoun
The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
The medal had a cross on the obverse and had a name inscribed on the reverse.
obversenoun
The double negative of a statement e.g. All men are mortal => No men are immortal
obverseadjective
Turned or facing toward the observer.
The obverse side of the gravestone has the inscription.
obverseadjective
Corresponding; complementary.
When you speak clearly, people understand you. If you mumble, the obverse effect is observed.
Etymology: From Latin.
Webster Dictionary
Obverseadjective
having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf
Obverseadjective
the face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse
Obverseadjective
anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things
Etymology: [L. obversus, p. p. of obvertere. See Obvert.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Obverse
ob-vėrs′, adj. turned towards one: bearing the head, as one face of a coin—opp. to Reverse: a second or complemental aspect of the same fact, a correlative proposition identically, implying another: (bot.) having the base narrower than the top.—n. Ob′verse, the side of a coin containing the head, or principal symbol.—adv. Obverse′ly.—n. Obver′sion, the act of turning toward the front of anything: in logic, a species of immediate inference—viz. the predicating of the original subject, the contradictory of the original predicate, and changing the quality of the proposition—e.g. to infer from all A is B that no A is not B—also called Permutation and Equipollence.—v.t. Obvert′, to turn towards the front. [L. obversus—ob, towards, vertĕre, to turn.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obverse in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obverse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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- anversCatalan, Valencian
- anversoSpanish
- faceFrench
- अग्रHindi
- aversoIdo
- voorkantDutch
- vendt fram, forsideNorwegian
- முகப்புTamil
- mặt phải, phảiVietnamese
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