anticenter

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anticenter [¦an·tē′sent·ər]

(astronomy)

The direction in the sky opposite to that of the center of the Galaxy, located in the constellation Auriga.

(geology)

The point on the surface of the earth that is diametrically opposite the epicenter of an earthquake. Also known as antiepicenter.

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