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ANTAPEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antapex mean? 

ANTAPEX (noun)
  The noun ANTAPEX has 1 sense:

1. the point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away fromplay

  Familiarity information: ANTAPEX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANTAPEX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("antapex" is a kind of...):

celestial point (a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere))

Antonym:

apex (the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars)


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