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单词 antipodal
释义

antipodal

1 of 2

adjective

an·​tip·​o·​dal an-ˈti-pə-dᵊl How to pronounce antipodal (audio)
1
: of or relating to the antipodes
specifically : situated at the opposite side of the earth or moon
an antipodal meridian
an antipodal continent
2
: diametrically opposite
an antipodal point on a sphere
3
: entirely opposed
a system antipodal to democracy

antipodal

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noun

: any of three haploid cells in most angiosperms that are grouped at the end of the embryo sac farthest from the micropyle

called also antipodal cell

Synonyms

Adjective

  • antipodean
  • antithetical
  • contradictory
  • contrary
  • diametric
  • diametrical
  • opposite
  • polar
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Adjective love is antipodal to hate
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
But the antipodal duality is also unexpected even in the simplified model of particle physics that Dixon and his colleagues were studying. Katie Mccormick, Quanta Magazine, 1 Aug. 2022 Check where the bear is and move straight to its antipodal point. Quanta Magazine, 25 Aug. 2021 Yet perhaps the only animal wholly protected by the treaty is the continent’s single native insect, a flightless midge that can survive partial freezing—an antipodal analogue of the Arctic’s woolly bear moth. Lucy Jakub, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020 There would seem to be a lot of room for middle ground, between the antipodal prospects of a peacemaking summit or a catastrophic war. Evan Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2018 That's right, the Pacific is so vast that some parts of it are antipodal to itself! Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2017 After a long night of sleep in the underbelly of the earth, the armored sun rose and charged the horizon, pressing against the dark with long arms until night fell back, wounded and floundering, to earth’s antipodal edge. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 17 May 2016 In a kind of middle ground for me stood Prada and Dolce & Gabbana (antipodal houses if ever two existed). Vogue, 20 June 2017
Noun
More antipodal bookends expressing the pinnacle of Audi performance would be hard to imagine. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 3 June 2022 In addition to flying high and fast, an antipodal bomber was maneuverable. David Axe, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 For The New Yorker, journalist Brooke Jarvis spends time in Tasmania, examining the debate about whether this uniquely antipodal carnivore is extinct or alive, eking out its existence while avoiding scientific efforts to document it. Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 28 June 2018 And there are no direct commercial flights between antipodal locations. Don Sweeney, sacbee, 7 Aug. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1880, in the meaning defined above

antipodal

adjective

as in contradictory
being as different as possible love is antipodal to hate

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • contradictory
  • opposite
  • antithetical
  • polar
  • diametrical
  • diametric
  • contrary
  • antipodean
  • unfavorable
  • hostile
  • antagonistic
  • divergent
  • negative
  • adverse
  • counter
  • inverse
  • obverse
  • dissimilar
  • cross
  • converse
  • alien
  • antipathetic
  • disparate
  • reverse
  • unlike
  • unalike

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • analogous
  • similar
  • noncontradictory
  • same
  • like
  • equivalent
  • identical
  • synonymous
  • alike
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