Opposite

Opposite may refer to:

Antonym, a word that means the opposite of a word
a kind of arrangement of leaves
Additive inverse, in mathematics, taking the negative ("opposite") of a number
Opposite category or dual category, in category theory
In trigonometry on a right angle triangle, opposite can mean the opposite side, or side not forming the angle being investigated. In Lexical semantics, opposites are words that lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship as in the opposite pairs male: female, long: short In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. In mathematics the additive inverse, or opposite, of a Number n is the number that when added to n, yields zero. In Category theory, an abstract branch of Mathematics, the dual category or opposite category C op of a category C is the Circle-trig6svg|300px|thumb|right|All of the Trigonometric functions of an angle θ can be constructed geometrically in terms of a unit circle centered at O. Two types of special right triangles appear commonly in geometry the "angle based" and the "side based" (or Pythagorean Triangles The former are characterised This page is about the geometric meaning For the plant see Phyllanthus. In Geometry and Trigonometry, an angle (in full plane angle) is the figure formed by two rays sharing a common Endpoint, called
The Opposites, a Dutch rap band.

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