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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.
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Anything exactly opposite to something else.  Given a point on the Earth's surface, the antipode will be found 180 degrees of longitude from the given point and the same number of degrees of latitude from the Equator, but of opposite sign from the give point.

Latest revision as of 09:54, 31 October 2014

Anything exactly opposite to something else. Given a point on the Earth's surface, the antipode will be found 180 degrees of longitude from the given point and the same number of degrees of latitude from the Equator, but of opposite sign from the give point.