antilogue
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντίλογος (antílogos, “contradictory, reverse”), from ἀντιλέγω (antilégō, “speak against, gainsay, contradict”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
antilogue (not comparable)
- (mineralogy, electricity, in pyroelectric substances such as tourmaline) of or pertaining to the magnetic pole that becomes negative as its temperature increases and positive as its temperature decreases
Synonyms
- (of the magnetic pole that becomes negative when heated and positive when cooled): antilogous
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “of the magnetic pole that becomes positive when heated and negative when cooled”): analogue, analogous
Translations
of the magnetic pole which is negative when heated and positive when cooled
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντίλογος (antílogos, “contradictory, reverse”), from ἀντιλέγω (antilégō, “speak against, gainsay, contradict”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
antilogue (plural antilogues)
- (mineralogy, electricity) antilogue
- Antonym: analogue
Further reading
- “antilogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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