obverse
(noun) the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
obverse
(noun) the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides; “the obverse of this issue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
obverse (not comparable)
Turned or facing toward the observer.
Synonyms: facing, presenting
Corresponding; complementary.
Synonyms: analogous, like, parallel, reciprocal
(botany) Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top.
obverse (plural obverses)
The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
Antonym: reverse
(logic) A proposition obtained by obversion, e.g. All men are mortal => No man is immortal.
• observe, verbose
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*verse", a. Etym: [L. obversus, p.p. of obvertere. See Obvert.]
Definition: Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
Ob"verse, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
