antipodal

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And so on Such differences were usually antipodal--diametrically opposed.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or situated on the opposite side or sides of the earth: Australia and Great Britain occupy antipodal regions.
  2. adjective Diametrically opposed; exactly opposite.

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  • Needless to say, the "pictures" shown by the West's "enlightened" media were antipodal to those shown by the non-Western alternatives mentioned above, which the same Western media promptly denounced as "propaganda." —  MRZine.org
  • GLONASS authorities changed the operating frequency channels of two pairs of antipodal satellites: —  GPS World
  • This antipodal juxtaposition suggests that the Hellas impact caused the eruptions of Alba Patera and the volcanoes of the Tharsis plateau to the south and southwest. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Imagine taking a point on the sphere, and its antipodal point, and pulling them together to meet somewhere inside the sphere. —  Random feeds from Syndic8.com
  • And so on Such differences were usually antipodal--diametrically opposed. —  Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life
 

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