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单词 antichthon
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antichthonn.

/ænˈtɪkθəʊn/
Etymology: < Greek ἀντίχθων, prop. adj. (sc. γῆ earth), < ἀντί opposite to + χθών the earth, ground.
A (hypothetical) second Earth on the opposite side of the sun.
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1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 78 The tenth is Antichthon, an earth above, or opposite to ours.
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 805 Placing..the Moon as an Antichthone or opposite Earth enlightned by the Sun.
1753 E. Chambers Cycl. Suppl. s.v., Pythagoras and his disciples asserted an Antichthon.
1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 13 An hypothetical body, called the Antichthon or Counter-Earth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2011).
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