antiscion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The mirror image, or shadow, of a planet, based upon a line of reference which is the axis of 0 Cancer/0 Capricorn (the position of the sun at the solstices).

Word forms

antiscion antiscia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίσκιον (antískion), from ἀντι- (anti-, “opposite”) + σκιά (skiá, “shadow”).

Derived words

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