obverse
IPA: ʌbvˈɝs
noun
- The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
- (logic) A proposition obtained by obversion, e.g. All men are mortal => No man is immortal.
adjective
- Turned or facing toward the observer.
- Corresponding; complementary.
- (botany) Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top.
Advertisement
Examples of "obverse" in Sentences
- The obverse of the medal is blank.
- The basic layout was obversed and reversed.
- The obverse of the coin features a portrait.
- The bronze have the Imperial bust on the obverse.
- The obverse bore the sovereign's effigy of George VI.
- The obverse of the coin depicts a seal on an ice floe.
- On the obverse of the coin, a javelin thrower is depicted.
- The obverse depicts the crowned bust of Isabella of Spain.
- In the obverse of the coin, the Crypt of Olympia is depicted.
- The monarch is the traditional image on the obverse of coinage.