Definition of antipodal
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
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Examples of antipodal in a Sentence
love is antipodal to hate
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In a kind of middle ground for me stood Prada and Dolce & Gabbana (antipodal houses if ever two existed).
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That's right, the Pacific is so vast that some parts of it are antipodal to itself!
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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.
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First Known Use of antipodal
1646
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Definition of antipodal
: 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
First Known Use of antipodal
1880
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