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Definition of Oppositions
1. opposition [n] - See also: opposition
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oppositions
Literary usage of Oppositions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mathematical Monthly by John D Runkle (1859)
"Thetis. — Berliner Astron. Jahrbuch, 1859, p. 419, by E. SCHÖNFELD, from four
oppositions, 1852- 1856. The errors at opposition in 1857 were ..."
2. The Mathematical Monthly by John Daniel Runkle (1859)
"170, by Mr. ERNEST SCHUBERT, from four oppositions, 1851 -1854. Have agreed well
with observations since. At opposition in 1858 the errors were Aa cos 4 ..."
3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1854)
"... of the Christian consciousness here asserted itself much more strongly, and
hence men were less exposed to run into such direct oppositions of doctrine; ..."
4. The Sun by Amédée Guillemin (1875)
"How to measure an inaccessible Distance ; horizontal Parallax—Measure of the
Sun's Parallax ; the Method used by Aristarchus of Samos ; oppositions of Mars ..."
5. Readings in Political Science by Raymond Garfield Gettell (1911)
"Bryce finds two general lines of cleavage forming party divisions throughout our
entire national history.1 Two permanent oppositions may, I think, ..."
6. The elements of deductive logic: Designed Mainly for the Use of Junior by Thomas Fowler (1880)
"Of Immediate Inferences the most important forms are oppositions, Conversions
... On oppositions. Two propositions are said to be opposed when they have the ..."
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