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antipodal
[ an-tip-uh-dl ]
adjective
- Geography. on the opposite side of the globe; pertaining to the antipodes.
- diametrically opposite:
twin brothers with antipodal personalities.
- Botany. (in a developing ovule) of or at the end opposite to the micropyle:
antipodal nuclei.
antipodal
/ ænˈtɪpədəl /
adjective
- of or relating to diametrically opposite points on the earth's surface
- exactly or diametrically opposite
antipodal
/ ăn-tĭp′ə-dəl /
Noun
- In angiosperms, any of three nuclei located at the end of the embryo sac opposite the micropyle. The antipodals degenerate at or shortly after fertilization.
- See more at embryo sac
Adjective
- Situated on the opposite side or sides of the Earth.
Word History and Origins
Origin of antipodal1
Example Sentences
Even his most antipodal fellow councilman cried and embraced him afterward.
In contradiction to, in wholly antipodal distinction from, Henry James, de Gourmont was an artist of the nude.
Mr. Morgan, the millionaire banker, attends church conventions as an antipodal diversion.
And the same trait that was apparent sociologically has been exposed in this our antipodal phase of psychical research.
In its broadest statement, the psychology of tipping presents the two antipodal qualities of pride and pusillanimity.
"The two governors are very different men—wholly antipodal characters, in fact," and again Habersham smiled to himself.
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