[an.tip.o.dal] adj (1646) 1: of or relating to the antipodes; specif: situated at the opposite side of the earth or moon "an ~ meridian" "an ~ continent"
2: diametrically opposite "an ~ point on a sphere"
3: entirely opposed "a system ~ to democracy"
[2]antipodal n (1919): any of three cells in the female gametophyte of most angiosperms that are grouped at the end of the embryo sac farthest from the micropyle--called also antipodal cell