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  • noun The inhabitants at two points on the globe that share a longitude and for which the sum of their degrees of latitude equals zero.

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From the Latin antoecī, from the Ancient Greek ἄντοικοι (antoikoi, "dwellers opposite"), from ἀντί (anti, "opposite") + οἶκος (oikos, "dwelling").

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  • See also antecians.

    December 2, 2012