nadir

  1. Proper noun.  A male given name.
  2. 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 where we stand.
  3. Noun.  (figuratively) The lowest point; time of greatest depression.
  4. Noun.  (astronomy) The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.
  5. Noun.  (beekeeping, archaic) An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.

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