What is "anti"

Anti \An"ti\ [Gr. ? against. See Ante.] A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

as a stand-alone word, attested from 1788, originally in reference to the anti-federalists in U.S. politics (in the 1830s, of the Anti-Masonic party); as an adjective, from 1857. From anti- in various usages.

a. (context chemistry English) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180° n. A person opposed to a concept or principle. prep. (context rare English) A word used before a noun or noun phrase to indicate opposition to the concept expressed by the noun or noun phrase. (rfex)

adj. not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro]

Anti may refer to:

• Anti (mythology), the ferryman who carried Isis to Set's island in Egyptian mythology
• Änti, or Antaeus, half-giant in Greek and Berber mythology
• Áńt’į, or corpse powder, Navajo folkloric substance made from powdered corpses
• ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival, a yearly international live-art festival held in Kuopio, Finland
• Antiparticle, a particle with the same mass but opposite charges in particle physics
• Anti addition in organic chemistry
• Anti conformation, in alkane stereochemistry
• Anti, as a prefix meaning "against"

In Egyptian mythology, Anti (Antaeus in Greek, but probably not connected to the Antaeus in Greek mythology) was a god whose worship centred at Antaeopolis, in the northern part of Upper Egypt.

His worship is quite ancient, dating from at least the 2nd dynasty, at which point he already had priests dedicated to his cult. Originally, Anti appears to have been the patron of the ancient area around Badari, which was the centre of the cult of Horus. Due to lack of surviving information, it is not very well known what the original function of Anti was, or whether he was more than just a title of Horus referring to some specific function.

Over time, he became considered simply as the god of ferrymen, and was consequently depicted as a falcon standing on a boat, a reference to Horus, who was originally considered as a falcon. As god of ferrymen, he gained the title Nemty, meaning (one who) travels. His later cult centre Antaeopolis was known as Per-Nemty (House of Nemty).

Anti appears in the tale The Contendings of Horus and Seth which describes the settlement of the inheritance of Osiris, seen as a metaphor for the conquest of Lower Egypt by Upper Egypt (whose patron was Seth), at the beginning of the Old Kingdom. In this tale, one of Seth's attempts to gain power consists of his gathering together the gods, and providing good arguments, convincing all of them (in later traditions, all except Thoth). Seth fears magical intervention by Isis, Horus' wife (in early Egyptian mythology), and so holds the gathering on an island, instructing Anti not to allow anyone resembling Isis to be ferried there. However, Isis disguises herself as an old woman, and unknowingly Anti takes her across after being paid a gold ring, having rejected the first offer of gruel, resulting in the disruption of the council by her use of magic. Anti is punished for his error, by having his toes cut off, which is more severe than it appears, since as a falcon, he would no longer be able to perch, and thus would not be able to reside on the boat.

ANTI is an obsolete computer virus affecting Apple Macintosh computers running early System versions up to Mac OS 8.1. It is particularly notable for being the first Macintosh virus not to create additional resources within infected files; instead, it patches any existing resource that has an ID of 1 and begins with a JSR instruction (generally the Main resource in a given application).

The virus carries no payload, and thus can exist and spread indefinitely without being noticed until an anti-virus program is run. It can not spread if MultiFinder is running. Based on the virus's design, Danny Schwendener of ETH Zurich hypothesised that it had been intended to form part of a copy protection scheme, but the author of the virus is unknown.

Anti is the eighth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on January 28, 2016, through Westbury Road and Roc Nation. The singer began planning the record in 2014, at which time she left her previous label Def Jam and joined Roc Nation. Work continued into 2015, during which she released three singles, including the internationally acclaimed " FourFiveSeconds"; they were ultimately removed from the final track listing. Anti was made available for free digital download on January 28 through Tidal and was released to online music stores for paid purchase on January 29. The album was released to physical retailers on February 5.

As executive producer, Rihanna contributed to most of the album's lyrics and collaborated with producers including Jeff Bhasker, Boi-1da, DJ Mustard, Hit-Boy, Brian Kennedy, Timbaland and No I.D. to achieve her desired sound. The efforts resulted in a departure from Rihanna's previous dance and club music genres and created a primarily pop and R&B album, with elements of dancehall and soul. The producers incorporated dark, sparsely layered, minimalist song structures, while most of Antis lyrics dealt with the complexities of romantic love and self-assurance. The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics who praised Rihanna's vocals, confidence and the artistic freedom she presented on the record. However, some of them criticized it for lacking cohesion.

Anti peaked within the top-ten on over 25 national albums charts. Two days after its release, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as a result of Samsung purchasing one million copies of the album in advance that were then given away as a free download, copies which were not recognized by Nielsen and Billboard. However, Anti still peaked at number one in its second week on the US Billboard 200 chart with 166,000 equivalent-album units sold. The album also peaked at number one on the Norwegian Albums Chart and the Canadian Albums Chart where it was certified gold by Music Canada. " Work", featuring Canadian rapper Drake, was released as the lead single from Anti; it peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became Rihanna's 14th number one single on the chart. To further promote the album, she embarked on the Anti World Tour in March 2016.