OBVERSE


Meaning of OBVERSE in English

n. /ob"verrs/ ; adj. /ob verrs", ob"verrs/ , n.

1. the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse ).

2. the front or principal surface of anything.

3. a counterpart.

4. Logic. a proposition obtained from another by obversion.

adj.

5. facing the observer.

6. corresponding to something else as a counterpart.

7. having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf.

[ 1650-60; obversus turned toward or against (ptp. of obvertere ), equiv. to ob- OB- + vert ( ere ) to turn + -tus ptp. suffix, with tt > s ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .