Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cytology, a term applied to one of the two poles of the karyokinetic spindle of the dividing cell, the term pole being reserved for the one under immediate consideration.
- noun The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed to another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geography The opposite pole.
- noun geometry A position directly opposite (possibly also used
figuratively ).
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Examples
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There was an antipole on the other side of the planet.
"MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader Matt Ford 2010
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Their model predicts a distribution of grain sizes, with larger grains at the antipole (7-15 km) than at the identified pole (300-700m).
"MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader Matt Ford 2010
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There was an antipole on the other side of the planet.
"MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader Matt Ford 2010
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Their model predicts a distribution of grain sizes, with larger grains at the antipole (7-15 km) than at the identified pole (300-700m).
"MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader Matt Ford 2010
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German philosophy and literature, was described as a movement against classical and realistic theories of literature, an antipole to the rationality of the Age of Enlightenment.
WN.com - Articles related to Is China's economy really bigger than Japan's? 2010
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A simple viewing also ushers in the thrill of trying to simultaneously process pole and antipole: the cabin is as spartan as it is luxurious, clinical as it is inviting, hard as it is soft.
Autoblog 2010
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As already mentioned above, the evolvement and upkeep of life, the antipole to chaos and entropy, is only possible, as long as there is order.
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"orthodoxy" has always regarded as the very antipole to religious faith.
What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular Edmond Holmes 1893
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a movement against classical and realistic theories of literature, an antipole to the rationality of the Age of Enlightenment.
WN.com - Articles related to Is China's economy really bigger than Japan's? 2010
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