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antipodes [Gr.,=having feet opposite], people or places diametrically opposite on the globe. Thus antipodes must be separated by half the circumference of the earth (180°), and one must be as far north as the other is south of the equator; midnight at one is noonday at the other. For example, New Amsterdam and St. Paul, small islands nearly midway between S Africa and Australia, are more nearly antipodal to Washington, D.C., than is any other land.

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antipodes †people inhabiting the opposite side of the globe XIV; places on the earth exactly opposite to each other XVI. — (O)F. or late L. — Gr. antipodes, pl. of antipous having the feet opposite, f. ANTI- + poús FOOT.

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an·tip·o·des / anˈtipədēz/ • pl. n. (the An·tip·o·des) Australia and New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere). ∎ the direct opposite of something. DERIVATIVES: an·tip·o·de·an / anˌtipəˈdēən/ adj. , n.

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