obverse

adj.

1. Facing or turned toward the observer: the obverse side of a statue.
2. Serving as a counterpart or complement.

n. (ŏb'vûrs', ŏb-vûrs', əb-)

1. The side of a coin, medal, or badge that bears the principal stamp or design.
2. The more conspicuous of two possible alternatives, cases, or sides: the obverse of this issue.
3. Logic. The counterpart of a proposition obtained by exchanging the affirmative for the negative quality of the whole proposition and then negating the predicate: The obverse of "Every act is predictable" is "No act is unpredictable."

[Latin obversus, past participle of obvertere, to turn toward. See obvert.]

obversely ob·verse'ly adv.

In traditional logic the obverse of a proposition is one logically equivalent to it, formed by the operation of obversion. For the four basic forms (see syllogism) this transforms (i) ‘All As are B’ into ‘No As are non-B’; (ii) ‘No As are B’ into ‘All As are non-B’; (iii) ‘Some As are B’ into ‘Some As are not non-B’; and (iv) ‘Some As are not B’ into ‘Some As are non-B’.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides

Meaning #2: the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
  Antonym: reverse (meaning #4)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - avers, forside (af en mønt), modstykke
adj. - omvendt (om bladform)

Nederlands (Dutch)
tegengesteld(e), voorzijde (van muntstuk), smaller onder dan boven (van blad etc.)

Français (French)
n. - contraire, envers (d'une médaille)
adj. - contraire, avers, (Bot) obovale

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorderseite, Gegenstück
adj. - Vorder-, entsprechend, sich zur Spitze hin erweiternd

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κύρια όψη (νομίσματος), άλλη ή αντίθετη πλευρά, αντίθετη όψη
adj. - στραμμένος, πρόσθιος, μετωπικός

Italiano (Italian)
diritto (della medaglia), inverso, opposto, contrario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - anverso (m)
adj. - invertida

Русский (Russian)
лицевая часть, аверс, верхняя часть, расширяющийся кверху

Español (Spanish)
n. - anverso
adj. - del anverso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - framsida, rätsida, motsatt sida, motstycke, motsats
adj. - motsvarande, omvänd, motsatt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
表面, 反面, 正面, 表面的, 朝外的, 正面的, 对应的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 表面, 反面, 正面
adj. - 表面的, 朝外的, 正面的, 對應的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 표면, 앞면, 반면
adj. - 상응하는 , 표면적인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 表, 表面, 前面
adj. - 観察者に面した, 表面の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وجه العمله, وجه الشئ (صفه) مواجه, ضيق القاعدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צד (המדליה) העיקרי, פני המטבע, החלק המיועד להצגה, המקביל לעובדות או לאמת‬
adj. - ‮צר יותר בבסיסו (ביולוגיה), מקביל למשהו אחר, פונה אל הצופה בו‬

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