Opposition

the term opposition (v. spätlat.: oppositio the opposite) designates

1. an opposite view in the policy a party
2. or a group, expressing in an appropriate behavior, which brings resistance and refusal to the dominant policy. See opposition (politics), to GDR opposition, except-parliamentary opposition
3. in the astronomy the constellation, at which from the earth the length difference between sun and Gestirn 180° amounts to. See: Opposition (astronomy)
4. in the linguistics the contrast of linguistic things (green cloth; red cloth, “D” and“t” as different phonemes)
5. in anatomy the Gegenstellung of the thumb to the other fingers and/or. the first toe to the other toes, see to opposition (anatomy)
6. in chess the position, where the kings face each other in such a way that onlyField between them lies:Opposition (chess)
7. in the traditional logic (contrary, kontradiktorischen, subkonträren) the contrast two statements: Opposition (logic)

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this side is a term clarifying for the distinction of several with the sameWord of designated terms.