nadir

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈneɪ.dɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈnæ.dɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈneɪ.də(ɹ)/, /neɪˈdɪə(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈneɪ.dɪɹ/, /ˈneɪ.dəɹ/, /neɪˈdɪɹ/

Noun

nadir (plural nadirs)

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.

   Antonyms: zenith

2. (figuratively) The lowest point; time of greatest depression.

   Synonyms: lowest ebb, slough of despond, trough, bathos

   Antonyms: height, peak

   • 1837, Henry Hallam, Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries:

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   • 1950, Elizabeth Janeway, in Helen Hull (editor), The Writer’s Book:

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3. (astronomy) The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.

   Synonyms: down

   The nadir of the sun is the axis of the shadow projected by the Earth.

4. (beekeeping, archaic) An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.

   Antonyms: duplet, super

Related terms

• azimuth, zenith - (both from السَّمْتُ).

Translations

• French: nadir
• German: Nadir
• Italian: nadir
• Portuguese: nadir
• Russian: нади́р
• Spanish: nadir

Translations

• French: fond
• Portuguese: nadir
• Russian: ни́зший у́ровень

Verb

nadir (nadirs, present participle nadiring; past and past participle nadired)

1. (transitive, beekeeping) To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.

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Nadir

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Proper noun

1. A male given name.
2. Surname

Related terms

• Nadia

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