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/ænˈtiːʃən/ · adjective
Of or belonging to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude..
1860, Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, chapter XX: “The Winds of the Southern Hemisphere”, § 818; [T]he westerly winds which prevail on the polar side of 40° S. are stronger and more constant than their antœcian fellows of the north[.]
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Antoecian means Of or belonging to the point on the globe of the same longitude but the opposite latitude..
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1860, Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, chapter XX: “The Winds of the Southern Hemisphere”, § 818; [T]he westerly winds which prevail on the polar side of 40° S. are stronger and more constant than their antœcian fellows of the north[.]
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