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antichthon

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an⋅tich⋅thon

  [an-tik-thon, -thuhn]
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–noun, plural -tho⋅nes  [-thuh-neez] .
counterearth.
Origin:
1645–55; < L antichthonēs (pl.) < Gk antíchthones the antipodes, equiv. to antí anti- + chthon- (s. of chthn) earth + -es pl. n. suffix

coun⋅ter⋅earth

  [koun-ter-urth]
–noun
(in Pythagorean astronomy) a planet, out of sight from our part of the earth, whose shadow upon the sun and moon, cast by a central fire that is also out of sight, causes the eclipses.
Also called antichthon.

Origin:
1855–60; counter- + earth, as trans. of Gk antíchthōn
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