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opposite

1. Botany

a. (of leaves, flowers, etc.) arranged in pairs on either side of the stem

b. (of parts of a flower) arranged opposite the middle of another part

2. Maths

a. (of two vertices or sides in an even-sided polygon) separated by the same number of vertices or sides in both a clockwise and anticlockwise direction

b. (of a side in a triangle) facing a specified angle

3. Maths the side facing a specified angle in a right-angled triangle

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opposite [′äp·ə·zət]

(botany)

Located side by side.

Of leaves, being in pairs on an axis with each member separated from the other of the pair by half the circumference of the axis.

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Opposite 

one of the two “conflicting” aspects of a concrete unity that constitute the two sides of a contradiction. Opposites are classified as external or internal. External opposites appear as the poles of a contradiction that presuppose and simultaneously exclude one another and yet exist relatively independently, for example, the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Internal opposites negate each other but nonetheless exist with mutual penetration, for instance, the social nature of production and the private capitalist mode of appropriation.