The phrase “opposed directions” is an acceptable and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to denote two opposite motions or vectors. For example, “The two cars were driving in opposed directions down the highway.”.
From the outside it looked like a tactical fudge – splitting the difference between two drastically opposed directions.
Eventually, though, it became clear the Manics were pulling themselves in two almost diametrically opposed directions, so it was decided to separate things out.
"Golf is an inherently complicated game, and the concepts of simplicity and fairness very often pull in diametrically opposed directions," said David Rickman, the director for rules and equipment for the R&A, formerly the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, the sport's ruling body in much of the world.
In regard to the latter issue, the two powers appear to be moving in diametrically opposed directions.
The reports made headlines the same day, serving as one more dramatic sign that America's working public is heading in two diametrically opposed directions.
The musicologist Henry Prunières wrote, "What Fauré developed among his pupils was taste, harmonic sensibility, the love of pure lines, of unexpected and colorful modulations; but he never gave them [recipes] for composing according to his style and that is why they all sought and found their own paths in many different, and often opposed, directions".
AER, as a counterproposal, wishes to add a new base of discussion on deep energy retrofit strategies as it follows a diametrically opposed direction than the typical practices.
Therefore, we calculated the percentage of ORs of opposed direction as complementary information to the overall OR of each area-level variable.
For example, child/ancestor reversals will be prevalent if departures from equilibrium are in opposing directions in branches with direct descendent relationships.
But they are tugged in opposing directions by domestic forces.
Instead, they will be pulled in opposing directions.
