antoecian
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
antoecian (not comparable)
- 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[.]
- 1860, Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, chapter XX: “The Winds of the Southern Hemisphere”, § 818;
References
- “antœcian, a. and n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)