antichthon
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀντίχθων (antíkhthōn), from ἀντί (antí, “against, opposite”) + χθών (khthṓn, “Earth”).
Noun
antichthon (plural antichthons) (optional capitalization)
- (obsolete) A hypothetical Earth on the opposite side of the Sun.
Translations
a hypothetical planet on the opposite side of the Sun
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for antichthon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)