obverse: Meaning and Definition of

ob•verse

1. the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
2. the front or principal surface of anything.
3. a counterpart.
4. a proposition obtained from another by obversion.

1. facing the observer.
2. corresponding to something else as a counterpart.
3. having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf.