contraposition

Roget category 237

2. Words relating to space
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#237. Contraposition

noun

contraposition^†, opposition — polarity — inversion etc. 218 — opposite side — reverse, inverse — counterpart — antipodes — opposite poles, North and South.
antonym, opposite (contrariety) 14.

verb

be opposite etc. adj. — subtend.

adjective

opposite — reverse, inverse — converse, antipodal, subcontrary^† — fronting, facing, diametrically opposite.
Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic — Southern, Austral, antarctic.

adverb

over, over the way, over against — against — face to face, vis-a-vis — as poles asunder.

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