gegengleich
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gegen- + gleich (“same”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gegengleich (strong nominative masculine singular gegengleicher, not comparable)
- diametrically opposed, the mirror image to something else
- 2006, Robin Kerrod, Taschenlexikon Weltraum, translation of original by David Hughes, page 24:
- Materie- und Antimaterieteilchen haben die gleich Masse, ansonsten sind sie gegengleich.
- Matter and antimatter particles have the same mass, but are otherwise exact opposites.
- travelling at the same speed in the opposite direction to something else
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of gegengleich (uncomparable)
Adverb
[edit]gegengleich
- in a way that is exactly opposed to or the mirror image of another action
Further reading
[edit]- “gegengleich” in Duden online