The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diametric \Di*am"e*tric\, Diametrical \Di*am"e*tric*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a diameter.
As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to a diagonal or diameter 2 Completely opposed
WordNet
adj. related to or along a diameter; "the diametral plane" [syn: diametral, diametric]
characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions" [syn: diametric, opposite, polar]
Usage examples of "diametrical".
Advice improperly administered generally acts in diametrical opposition to the purpose for which it is supposed to be given.
It had to be the underside, Fletcher insisted, because there were four propulsion orifices grouped closely around its diametrical center.
Leaving therefore the task of tracing minutely the intimate relation between Kant and his predecessors to the more experienced hand of my friend, I shall here be satisfied with pointing out in the broadest way the connection, and, at the same time, the diametrical opposition between Kant and those two great heroes of speculative thought, Berkeley and Hume.