antoecian

English

Etymology

antoeci +‎ -an

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăntēʹshən, IPA^(key): /ænˈtiːʃən/

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[.]

References

“antœcian, a. and n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

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