australize

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UK/ˈɔːs.trə.laɪz/

verb

To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet.

Opposite
septentrionate
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Meanings

verbaustralize (third-person singular simple present australizes, present participle australizing, simple past and past participle australized)

present singular third person australizes · participle present australizing · participle past australized · past australized

  1. intransitiveTo tend toward the south pole, as a magnet.

    They [magnets] do septentrionate at one extreme, and australize at another.

    1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudoloxia Epidemica
    1 more example

    A loadstone placed upon a small trencher of wood, floating on water, does instantly in one determinate point australize […]

    1922, Paul Fleury Mottelay, Bibliographical history of Electricity and Magnetism

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
septentrionate

Origin

From austral + -ize.

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APA

australize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/australize

MLA

“australize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/australize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “australize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/australize.

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