antapex

American  

[ant-ey-peks] / æntˈeɪ pɛks /

noun

Astronomy.

antapexes, plural antapices plural

1. 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.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• antapexes
  plural
• antapices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of antapex

First recorded in 1885–90; ant- + apex