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Webster 1913 Edition

Antipole

An′ti-pole

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Noun.

The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.

Geo. Eliot.

Definition 2024

antipole

antipole

English

Noun

antipole ‎(plural antipoles)

(geography) The opposite pole.
- Radical Constructivism in Action By Leslie P. Steffe, Patrick W. Thompson page 128
  "For every point on a great circle its antipole is on the same great circle."
(geometry) A position directly opposite (possibly also used figuratively).
A line drawn from a point on a circle to its antipole will cross through the center.

Related terms

antipolar

Translations

opposite pole

Czech: protipól
German: Gegenpol m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: motpol (no) m

Nynorsk: motpol m

Portuguese: antipolo m
Swedish: motpol (sv) c

position directly opposite

Czech: protipól
German: Gegenpol m, Pol (de) m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: motpol (no) m

Nynorsk: motpol m, motpol m

Portuguese: antipolo m
Swedish: motpol (sv) c

Anagrams

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