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Obverse - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Obverse : (noun)
1: the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides;
"the obverse of this issue"
2: the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or
design [ant: reverse]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Obverse : \Ob*verse"\, a. [L. obversus, p. p. of obvertere. See
Obvert.]
Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than
the top, as a leaf.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Obverse : \Ob"verse\, n. [Cf.F. obverse, obvers. See Obverse,
a.]
1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or
inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.
2. Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to,
another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible
sides, or of two corresponding things.
The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being
the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative
belief. --H. Spencer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Obverse : Obverse: The opposite, the opposite side, the counterpart.
For example, mania is thought of as the obverse of depression just as heads is the obverse of tails on a coin.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Obverse |
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IndyRacingNut: An Eisenhower Dollar with a rotated die error...means that the coin's Obverse or reverse is more than 90 degrees off center from other side. |
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greenexecutive: I suspect Carinda is finding the Obverse also to be true. |
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CthulhuTV: The Obverse label. The main gist: there is a blue moon on New Year's Eve. http://twitpic.com/u1qlf |
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