gegengleich
German
Etymology
From gegen- + gleich (“same”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gegengleich (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
Adverb
gegengleich
- In a way that is exactly opposed to or the mirror image of another action.
Further reading
- “gegengleich” in Duden online