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German
Etymology
From gegen- + gleich (“same”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gegengleich (strong nominative masculine singular gegengleicher, 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
Positive forms of gegengleich (uncomparable)
Adverb
gegengleich
- in a way that is exactly opposed to or the mirror image of another action
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