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Nadir
/neɪˈdɪə(ɹ)/
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
📖 Definitions of "Nadir"
- 1
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
- 2
The lowest point; time of greatest depression.
- 3
The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.
"The nadir of the sun is the axis of the shadow projected by the Earth."
- 4
An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.
- 1
To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.
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