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PRONUNCIATION OF OPPONENCY

opponency  [əˈpəʊnənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPPONENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Opponency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OPPONENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of opponency in the English dictionary

The definition of opponency in the dictionary is the characteristic of being opposed to.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPPONENCY


componency
kəmˈpəʊnənsɪ
consonancy
ˈkɒnsənənsɪ
dissonancy
ˈdɪsənənsɪ
dominancy
ˈdɒmɪnənsɪ
impertinency
ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ
lieutenancy
lɛfˈtɛnənsɪ
malignancy
məˈlɪɡnənsɪ
oppugnancy
əˈpʌɡnənsɪ
permanency
ˈpɜːmənənsɪ
pernancy
ˈpɜːnənsɪ
pertinency
ˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
prevenancy
ˈprevənənsɪ
pseudopregnancy
ˈsjuːdəʊˌprɛɡnənsɪ
regnancy
ˈrɛɡnənsɪ
repugnancy
rɪˈpʌɡnənsɪ
sonancy
ˈsəʊnənsɪ
stagnancy
ˈstæɡnənsɪ
tenancy
ˈtɛnənsɪ
undertenancy
ˈʌndəˌtɛnənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPPONENCY

oppo
opponent
opportune
opportunely
opportuneness
opportunism
opportunist
opportunistic
opportunistically
opportunities
opportunity
opportunity cost
opportunity shop
opposability
opposable
opposably
oppose
opposed
opposed-cylinder
opposeless

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPPONENCY

abstinency
agency
consistency
continency
currency
deficiency
dependency
efficiency
emergency
eminency
estate agency
frequency
immanency
impermanency
potency
prominency
regency
residency
tendency
transparency

Synonyms and antonyms of opponency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «opponency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPPONENCY

Find out the translation of opponency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of opponency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «opponency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

opponency
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

opponency
570 millions of speakers

English

opponency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

opponency
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

opponency
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

opponency
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oponência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরুদ্ধতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

opponency
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lawan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

opponency
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

対抗状態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

opponency
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Oposisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

opponency
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

opponency
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विरोधक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

opponency
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

opponency
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opponency
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

opponency
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

opponency
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιπαράθεση του
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opponency
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

opponency
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opponency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of opponency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPPONENCY»

The term «opponency» is used very little and occupies the 177.061 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPPONENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «opponency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «opponency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about opponency

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPPONENCY»

Discover the use of opponency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to opponency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Foundations of Perception
Receptive field size increases towards the retinal periphery. Spectral response Cone photoreceptors can be divided into three classes on the basis of their spectral sensitivity (see Chapter 6): KEY TERM Spectral opponency: Wavelengths from ...
George Mather, 2006
2
Visual Perception: Physiology, Psychology, & Ecology
These results imply that there is localised opponency between motion signals. and that it is selective for spatial frequency. Thus when the gratings are matched for spatial frequency. or the opposite dots are locally paired. responses that would ...
Vicki Bruce, Patrick R. Green, Mark A. Georgeson, 2003
3
Perceiving in Depth, Volume 1: Basic Mechanisms
4.2.8 SENSORY OPPONENCY An opponent, or bipolar, stimulus feature has a natural bal- ance point, or norm . For instance, “verticality” is a norm for orientation, “equidistance” is a norm for relative depth, and “stationarity” is a norm in a scale ...
Ian P. Howard, 2012
4
Perceiving in Depth, Volume 1: Basic Mechanisms
4.2.8 SENSORY OPPONENCY An opponent, or bipolar, stimulus feature has a natural balance point, or norm . For instance, “verticality” is a norm for orientation, “equidistance” is a norm for relative depth, and “stationarity” is a norm in a scale ...
Ian P. Howard, Brian J. Rogers, 2012
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Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering
Psychophysical experiments show that perception of red is opponent to green, and perception of blue is opponent to yellow,1231 and this opponency is generally ascribed to a hard-wired subtraction of signals originating from the three ...
Ronald G. Driggers, 2003
6
The Retina and its Disorders
This cone opponency – also occasionally called color opponency – is not the same as the red–green and blue–yellow color opponency identified in some perceptual experiments where the poles of the reference axes correspond to the unique ...
Joseph Besharse, Dean Bok, 2011
7
Color Vision: From Genes to Perception
In this chapter we summarize current knowledge of the correspondence between morphology and physiology for some of the cell types of these cone signal pathways, with special regard to the neural basis for spectral opponency. We describe ...
Karl R. Gegenfurtner, Lindsay T. Sharpe, 2001
8
The Visual Neurosciences
The great majority of cells recorded in and around the P layers have red-green color opponency (Wiesel and Hubel. 1966). Since K cells are only a minority of the cells in this region, it follows that P cells must include cells with red- green ...
John Simon Werner, Leo M. Chalupa, 2004
9
Wall & Melzack's Textbook of Pain: Expert Consult - Online
Schemes of opponency. There are three basic ways of implementing opponent appetitive and aversive motivational representations at a neural level. A study investigating incorporated predictors of the offset of phasic tonic pain via functional ...
Stephen McMahon, Martin Koltzenburg, Irene Tracey, 2013
10
Colour Vision Deficiencies VII
In these, concealed color opponency increased in frequency away from the foveola (10-15% at 0.5° eccentricity to ca. 70% at 40° eccentricity), and had a higher incidence in 'red-center' cells than in 'green-center' ones by a factor of 2-4.
International Research Group on Colour Vision Deficiencies. Symposium, G. Verriest, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPPONENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term opponency is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Opponent activity of a new type of neuron is responsible for selective …
Detailed analysis has shown that these cells form the basis of a phenomenon known as motion opponency, meaning that - in humans and ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
2
LED lighting could help with sleep patterns
... signals: 'red versus green', and 'red+green versus blue' (called spectral opponency) and the two composite signals are combined in brain. «ElectronicsWeekly.com, Jun 15»
3
Red-Green & Blue-Yellow: The Stunning Colors You Can't See
Amazingly, the image seemed to override their eyes' opponency mechanism, and they said they perceived colors they'd never seen before. «Yahoo Health, Jun 15»
4
Color of Light Influences Circadian Clock in Mammals, Scientists Say
... to demonstrate that neurons in the mouse suprachiasmatic circadian clock display the cone-dependent spectral opponency required to make ... «Sci-News.com, Apr 15»
5
Valence-dependent influence of serotonin depletion on model …
Article | PubMed | ISI | CAS |; Boureau YL, Dayan P. Opponency revisited: competition and cooperation between dopamine and serotonin. «Nature.com, Apr 15»
6
Inside the colorful world of animal vision
In a process known as colour opponency, the outputs are then compared against each other in various permutations. This information is then ... «Raw Story, Nov 14»
7
Inside the colourful world of animal vision
In a process known as colour opponency, the outputs are then compared against each other in various permutations. This information is then ... «Phys.Org, Nov 14»
8
Turrentine Middle School student wins spelling bee
“Grimoire,” “Kantian,” “chivalrous,” “opponency” and “disconsolate” are tough ones. Patel made a habit of asking for definitions and language of ... «Burlington Times News, Feb 14»
9
Food Pairings Rely on Mouth-Feel
The findings are presented in the journal Current Biology. [Catherine Peyrot des Gachons et al., Opponency of astringent and fat sensations]. «Scientific American, Oct 12»
10
Why wine and tea pair so well with a meal: It's all in the mouthfeel
"Opponency of astringent and fat sensations." Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ... «EurekAlert, Oct 12»

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