antipodal
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
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Every one of our 10 Car of the Year contenders for 2024—put through the paces in California and Florida—is a true high-performance vehicle and a luxury vehicle, each ladling on varying ratios of these antipodal and once mutually exclusive attributes.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024
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
Mike Rampino was one of the first to propose antipodal focusing of seismic energy from massive bolide impacts as a trigger for giant basaltic eruptions.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2011
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024
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
Mike Rampino was one of the first to propose antipodal focusing of seismic energy from massive bolide impacts as a trigger for giant basaltic eruptions.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2011
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“Antipodal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antipodal. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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