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antiscion

antiscion noun: the mirror image, or shadow, of a planet, based upon a line of reference which is the axis of 0 Cancer/0 Capricorn (the position of the sun at the solstices).

Noun

antiscion (plural antiscia)

  1. The mirror image, or shadow, of a planet, based upon a line of reference which is the axis of 0 Cancer/0 Capricorn (the position of the sun at the solstices).

Forms of antiscion

pluralantiscia

Origin of antiscion

From Ancient Greek ἀντίσκιον (antískion), from ἀντι- (anti-, “opposite”) + σκιά (skiá, “shadow”).

Words formed from antiscion

Questions about antiscion

What does antiscion mean?
Antiscion means the mirror image, or shadow, of a planet, based upon a line of reference which is the axis of 0 Cancer/0 Capricorn (the position of the sun at the solstices).
What part of speech is antiscion?
Antiscion is a noun.
What is the plural of antiscion?
The plural of antiscion is antiscia.

Words near antiscion in the dictionary

  1. antiscientifically
  2. antiscientism
  3. antiscientist
  4. antiscientists
  5. Antiscii
  6. antiscion
  7. antisclerostin
  8. antisclerotic
  9. antiscolic
  10. antiscorbutic
  11. antiscorbutical

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