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Definition of Antipode
1. Noun. Direct opposite. "Quiet: an antipode to focused busyness"
Definition of Antipode
1. n. One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
Definition of Antipode
1. Noun. something directly opposite or diametrically opposed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antipode
1. an exact opposite [n -S]
Medical Definition of Antipode
1. That which is diametrically opposite. Origin: G. Antipous, with the feet opposite (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antipode
Literary usage of Antipode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Atlas of the World with Geophysical Boundaries Showing Oceans, Continents by Athelstan Spilhaus (1991)
"This antipode, 45° N., 85° E., is a point in the continent of Asia approximately
farthest from any ocean. The ocean is uncut and in its entirety but only ..."
2. Optical Activity and Chemical Composition by Hans Landolt (1899)
"... as are also the gelatines. The acids of the bile are almost all dextrorotatory.
1 8. Transformation of one antipode into the other. ..."
3. Thermodynamics and Chemistry: A Non-mathematical Treatise for Chemists and by Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (1903)
"The mixtures rich in he right-handed antipode should deposit crystals which
enclose exclusively this right antipode; the phenomena may be compared in all ..."
4. Recent Advances in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1909)
"We continue this process, adding each time rather more of the antipode than we
used in the previous experiment. In this way we are able to plot the curve of ..."
5. An Original Treatise on Electro-vital Force by Isaac James Hartford (1908)
"... measure of the strength of the force of the mutual affinity existing between
the force within such mass and the force within its electrical antipode, ..."
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