n. (钱币、奖章等)正面, 主要的一面, 对立面

a. 正面的, 对应面的, 倒转的

Obverse \Ob*verse"\ ([o^]b*v[~e]rs"), a. [L. obversus, p. p. of
obvertere. See {Obvert}.]
Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than
the top, as a leaf.


Obverse \Ob"verse\ ([o^]b"v[~e]rs), n. [Cf. F. obverse, obvers.
See {Obverse}, a.]
1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or
inscription upon it; -- the other side being the
{reverse}.

2. Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to,
another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible
sides, or of two corresponding things.

The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being
the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative
belief. --H. Spencer.