Difference between revisions of "Nadir"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_147029" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_147029" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The lowest point; the time of greatest depression. </p> <p> (2): (n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The lowest point; the time of greatest depression. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77088" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77088" /> == |
Latest revision as of 06:28, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.
(2): ( n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Name given to the part of the heavens directly under our feet, as zenith to that directly over our head.