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antipodes

[an′tip·ə‚dēz]
(geodesy)
Diametrically opposite points on the earth.
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1768: Captain Cook set oon his rst voyage, to |explore the Antipodes.
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Contributors from the Americas, the Antipodes, and Britain explore possibilities of transforming the international trade in sugar into an international trade in tourists.
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