Antichthon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antichthon is a noun meaning (obsolete) A hypothetical Earth on the opposite side of the Sun.
Meaning
(obsolete) A hypothetical Earth on the opposite side of the Sun.
Example Sentences
It is curious at least, that his Philosophy obliged Pythagoras, to make the Solar System #61;10, tho' his imperfect Astrognosy reduced him to the shift of including the moon, and imagining an Antiχθων ["anti-earth, anti-world"] and taking the whole as a completory Unit—Sun, Mer[cury,] Ven[us,] Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Antichthon #61;9#43; Solar Syst[em] #61;1#61;10
Word Forms
- antichthons
Synonyms for antichthon
Depending on context, synonyms include counter-earth.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antiearth, perioecus, antecians, antikathode, aphelium, autochthon.
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