antapex

[ant-ey-peks]

ant·a·pex

[ant-ey-peks]
noun, plural ant·a·pex·es, ant·ap·i·ces [-ap-uh-seez, -ey-puh-] . Astronomy.
the point exactly opposite in direction to the solar apex; the point away from which the solar system is moving and toward which the stars appear to be converging, located in the constellation Columba.

Origin:
1885–90; ant- + apex
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antapex

noun
the point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from [ant: apex
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