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Definition of Antipodes
1. Noun. Any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth. "The North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes"
Definition of Antipodes
1. n. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
Definition of Antipodes
1. Proper noun. The southern hemisphere ¹
2. Proper noun. Used in UK to refer to Australia and New Zealand - ''(once common, now less so)'' ¹
3. Noun. Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth ¹
4. Noun. The southern hemisphere ¹
5. Noun. Used in UK to refer to Australia and New Zealand - ''(once common, now less so)'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antipodes
1. antipode [n] - See also: antipode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antipodes
Literary usage of Antipodes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"Harmonics of the first and third degrees have in common the character of giving
depression at the antipodes of elevation; the harmonics of the second degree ..."
2. Stereochemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1907)
"I. PROPERTIES OF OPTICAL antipodes. IT is still uncertain whether or not an ...
Two optical antipodes have the same specific gravity, molecular volume, ..."
3. The Optical Rotating Power of Organic Substances and Its Practical Applications by Hans Landolt, Otto Schönrock, Paul Lindner (1902)
"BEHAVIOR OF THE antipodes if. Physical Properties.—Of these, only such can be
different for the two antipodes in which the contrast of -f- and — is ..."
4. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes: Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1819)
"For the antipodes. Bring the given place to the brass meridian, and set the index
of the hour circle to 12, turn the globe half round, or till the index ..."
5. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1811)
"For the antipodes. Bring the given place to the brass meridian, and set the index
of the hour circle to 12, turn the globe half round, or till the index ..."
6. Thermodynamics and Chemistry: A Non-mathematical Treatise for Chemists and by Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (1903)
"Freezing of the mixture of two optical antipodes.— Suppose that two substances,
optical antipodes of each other, are melted and mixed together. ..."
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