Difference between revisions of "Atipode"

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Anything exactly oppostie to something else.  Particularly, that point on the Earth's surface 180 degrees of longitude and 90 degree of latitude from a give place.
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Anything exactly oppostie to something else.  Particularly, that point on the Earth's surface 180 degrees of longitude and the same number of degrees of latitude from the Equator, but of opposite sign from a give place.

Revision as of 14:16, 29 June 2006

Anything exactly oppostie to something else. Particularly, that point on the Earth's surface 180 degrees of longitude and the same number of degrees of latitude from the Equator, but of opposite sign from a give place.