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单词 counter-earth
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counter-earthn.

Etymology: counter- prefix 2g: a translation of Greek ἀντίχθων, < ἀντί over against, opposite + χθών the earth.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-earth.
An opposite or secondary Earth, in the Pythagorean system: cf. antichthon n.
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1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. i. iii. 70 They asserted that there was an antichthon, or counter-earth.
1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 13 An hypothetical body, called the Antichthon or Counter-Earth.
1881 S. F. Alleyne tr. E. Zeller Pre-Socratic Philos. I. 450 The earth always turns the same side to the counter-earth and the central fire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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