antipodes

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  1. plural noun Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.
  2. plural noun Something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode.

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  • The surface velocities would be infinite at each of the antipodes, and would decrease rapidly until at the equatorial region of this axis it would travel at the normal velocity of the currents The full story of Tesla's accomplishments at Colorado Springs has never been told and never will be told. —  Prodigal genius - Tesla Biography
  • How at the antipodes was the picture he was seeing! —  The Man from the Bitter Roots
  • A tailor's bill you may avoid by crossing the Channel; but the duns of conscience follow you to the antipodes, and will be satisfied. —  Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer
  • The Spanish clergy declared that the theory of the antipodes was hostile to the faith. —  How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune
  • Belief in the existence of the antipodes was considered by ecclesiastical authority as a sure proof of heresy, the philosopher's stone had been found, astrology was an infallible science, and the air was filled with demons who were ever waiting for an opportunity to steal away man's immortal soul. —  Women of the Romance Countries
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  1. Middle English, people with feet opposite ours, from Latin, from Greek, from pl. of antipous, with the feet opposite : anti-, anti- + pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. L. (in Middle English as L.), from Greek ἀντίποδες, plural of ἀντίους, with feet opposite, from ἀντί, opposite, + πούς, plural πόδες, = English foot.
 

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