nadir
IPA: nˈeɪdɝ
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.
- A male given name.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, beekeeping) To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.
Examples of "nadir" in Sentences
- This day was the nadir of his life.
- The direction opposite of the nadir is the zenith.
- He is writing at the nadir of positivism, in 1980.
- The pole of the lower hemisphere is called the nadir.
- The city lies at the nadir of the San Joaquin Valley.
- Therefore, it passes through the zenith and the nadir.
- The year 1198 was to be the nadir of Sverre's fortunes.
- The Empire's nadir and apogee was within the same century.
- The decline was accelerated by the invasion of India by Nadir Shah in 1739.
- The period under review was perhaps the nadir of Jewish fortunes in Germany.