contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a.spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.Opposite.In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious;.as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.Relating to the destruction of life.One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the.microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute

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  1. 1. Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.
  2. 2. An adversative word.
  3. 3. Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
  4. 4. Opposite.
  5. 5. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
  6. 6. Relating to the destruction of life.
  7. 7. One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.
  8. 8. The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.
  9. 9. Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other.
  10. 10. Being in two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; shared by two; as, a bipartite treaty.
  11. 11. Same as Meine.
  12. 12. of Miaul
  13. 13. The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.
  14. 14. An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass.
  15. 15. A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of any substance.