How to pronounce “nadir”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• 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.
• (figuratively) The lowest point; time of greatest depression.
• (astronomy) The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.
• (beekeeping, archaic) An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.
• [Verb]
• (transitive, beekeeping) To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.
• [Adjective]
• rare

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Similar Sounds

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