Sentences with ANTISCIAN
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"The antiscian is an imaginary line connecting two points on the earth's surface that have opposite solar phenomena."
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"According to ancient Greek astronomy, people who lived at the same latitude but on different longitudes were considered antiscians."
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"The concept of antiscians was popularized by ancient scholars such as Cleomedes and Ptolemy."
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"During the equinox, the antiscian experiences equal amounts of daylight and darkness."
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"As the earth rotates on its axis, the antiscians are always on the opposite side of the globe."
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"The antiscian of a person standing at the North Pole would be in the Southern Hemisphere."
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"The antiscian of a person standing at the South Pole would be in the Northern Hemisphere."
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"Ancient astronomers used the concept of antiscians to explain the differences in daylight hours between locations."
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"The term antiscian is derived from the Greek words 'anti' meaning opposite and 'skia' meaning shadow."
