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Noun (plural)
/anˈtipədēz/,
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antipodes, plural;
  1. Australia and New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere)

  2. The direct opposite of something
    • - we are the very antipodes of labor unions
  1. any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes"
  2. (antipode) direct opposite; "quiet: an antipode to focused busyness"
  3. In geography, the antipodes (from Greek ἀντίποδες, from anti- "opposed" and '' "foot") of any place on Earth is the point on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite to it. ...
  4. The American Association for Australian Literary Studies (AAALS) is an organization of scholars in North America that studies and promotes research in the literature of Australia. Its activities are partially funded by the Literature Fund of the Australia Council for the Arts. ...
  5. Heaven and Hell is a philosophical work by Aldous Huxley, published in 1956. The title is derived from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake. The essay discusses the relationship between bright, colorful objects, geometric designs, psychoactives, art, and profound experience. ...
  6. Antipodes (Perry / Hoffmann / Marlin / SAL), originally called the PC15, was built by Perry Submarine in 1973. The sub was utilized for diver lock-out operations in the oil fields of the North Sea.
  7. The Antipodes is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome c. 1640. Many critics have ranked The Antipodes as "his best play...Brome's masterpiece," and one of the best Caroline comedies -- "gay, imaginative, and spirited... ...
  8. (Antipode (algebra)) In mathematics, a Hopf algebra, named after Heinz Hopf, is a structure that is simultaneously a (unital associative) algebra, a (counital coassociative) coalgebra, with these structures compatible making it a bialgebra, and moreover is equipped with an antiautomorphism ...
  9. (Antipode (chemistry)) In chemistry, antipode is synonymous with optical antipode. An optical antipode is the same as an enantiomer. A solution of enantiomer rotates plane polarized light in a certain direction (see optical rotation). A solution of the opposite enantiomer (a.k.a. ...
  10. (Antipode (journal)) Antipode is an academic journal that publishes in the field of critical geography. The journal publishes articles with Marxist, socialist, anarchist, anti-racist and feminist approaches to geography with a left-wing focus. ...
  11. The southern hemisphere; Used in UK to refer to Australia and New Zealand - (once common, now less so)
  12. (Antipode) or antipodist: it means circus acrobats who do acrobatic feats when lying on a special bed, trink. Antipode's job is often a job of juggler or reverse equilibrist, where legs, that are stronger than arms, show the same dexterity in feats specific to arms. ...
  13. (antipode) the point exactly opposite of the epicenter where the wavefront (assuming a homogeneous Earth) should arrive simultaneously at the receiver and produce strong amplifications.
  14. Two points on opposite sides of a planet.
  15. n.s. It has no singular. [from αντι, against, and ποδες, feet.] Those people who, living on the other side of the globe, have their feet directly opposite to ours.
  16. a name given to the general region of Australia and New Zealand, as the polar opposite to the European region.
  17. Inhabitants of P'o-lu.
  18. Opposite side of the earth