antipodal

• Sich auf den genau entgegengesetzten Punkt beziehend, häufig in der Geographie für Punkte auf gegenüberliegenden Seiten der Erde verwendet; allgemein auch für völlig entgegengesetzte Dinge oder Ansichten.

Relating to the direct opposite of something, often used in geography to describe points on opposite sides of the Earth.

1. Diametrically oppositeC2formal

   Relating to the relationship of being directly opposite along a diameter, especially of a sphere or circle.

   Diametral entgegengesetzt

   • The two points on the globe are antipodal to each other.
   • In geometry, antipodal points are exactly opposite on a circle.
   • The antipodal relationship between the two poles is well known.

   Synonymediametricdiametricaloppositepolar

   Antonymeadjacentnearproximate

2. Geographically oppositeC2formal

   Situated on opposite sides of the Earth; relating to the antipodes.

   Antipodisch

   • Australia is often considered antipodal to the United Kingdom.
   • The antipodal region of New Zealand is in the Atlantic Ocean.
   • They studied the antipodal climates of the northern and southern hemispheres.

   Synonymeantipodeandiametricdiametricalopposite

• Substantiv, das die Beziehung der Gegensätzlichkeit entlang eines Durchmessers oder den Zustand bezeichnet, sich auf gegenüberliegenden Seiten der Erde zu befinden.

A noun referring to the relation of opposition along a diameter, or a state of being situated at opposite sides of the earth.

1. Direct oppositeC2formal

   A person or thing that is the exact opposite of another.

   Gegenstück

   • In many ways, he is the antipodal of his brother.
   • The two political leaders are antipodals in their views.
   • Her calm nature is the antipodal of his energetic personality.

   Synonymeantithesiscontraryconverseinverseobverseoppositereverse

   Antonymecounterpartequivalent

2. Geographical oppositeC2formal

   A point on the Earth's surface that is diametrically opposite to another point.

   Gegenpunkt

   • New Zealand is often considered the antipodal of Spain.
   • The antipodal of London is somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
   • Traveling to the antipodal requires crossing many time zones.