gegengleich
German
editEtymology
editFrom gegen- + gleich (“same”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgegengleich (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
editPositive forms of gegengleich (uncomparable)
Adverb
editgegengleich
- in a way that is exactly opposed to or the mirror image of another action
Further reading
edit- “gegengleich” in Duden online