antipodal

On opposite sides

Antipodal means situated on opposite sides of the earth, or more generally, diametrically opposed.

Australia and Britain are roughly antipodal to each other.

The word extends to any polar opposition: Their political views were antipodal.

In botany, antipodal cells are those at the end of an embryo sac opposite the egg.

geographic

Australia

Southern Hemisphere continent-country

Chile · Argentina · South Pole · globe · meridian · equator · latitude · longitude · continent · Pacific

opposite

diametrically

In exact opposition

counter · contradictory · opposing · reverse · antagonistic · flipside · antithesis · counterpart · contrary · mirror

distant

remote

Distant or controller

farthest · furthest · removed · worlds apart · poles apart · extremity · utmost · outermost · peripheral

spatial

diameter

Distance across through center

  • axisRotation reference line
  • diametricExactly contrary, maximally opposed
  • poleCylindrical shaft or extremity

endpoint · vertex · bisect · radial · spherical · geometric · symmetrical · midpoint · perpendicular · collinear

Opposites
spatial position

antipodaladjacent

Directly next to

nearby · neighboring · proximate · close · contiguous

conceptual opposition

antipodalidentical

Exactly the same

same · equivalent · synonymous · alike · similar

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