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"Nadir" is the point below you - the point opposite to the zenith.
The imaginary point in the sky directly above an observer on Earth is called the zenith. It represents the highest point in the sky that an observer can see when looking straight up.
The melting point is also called the liquefaction point or the fusion point.
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"Nadir" is the point below you - the point opposite to the zenith.
No. The nadir is the point on the bottom of the sky directly under your feet.
Nadir comes for the arabic nazir, meaning opposite. Nadir is the direction directly below a point. It is in a way the opposite to Zenith. The word is also used in the meaning of the lowest point.
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The word "nadir" comes from Arabic "nadir," meaning "opposite." It was borrowed into English from Medieval Latin in the 14th century. In astronomy, nadir is the point on the celestial sphere opposite the zenith and directly below the observer.
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I think the word you want is 'nadir' ---------------------------------------------- bottom
The opposite of zenith (high point, apex) would be nadir(lowest point).Other possible antonyms would be minimum or bottom.In astronomical terms, the point in the sky that is directly over your head is the 'zenith'. The point in the sky that is directly between your feet and down through the Earth is the 'nadir'.
Nadir, being the lowest point in a series of measured levels, is accepted in both noun and verb forms. To speak of tumor markers after treatment for certain cancers, they will "nadir" at some point before they begin to rise, indicating biochemical recurrence, or one may anticipate levels "nadiring" early in the presence of more aggressive disease.
Off-nadir is a Hebrew idiom and the meaning is "something very rare." In remote sensing terms, the term 'off-nadir' (or 'look angle') is used to refer to any point that is not directly below a sensor, but off to an angle in any direction.
Nadir was Erik's friend from Persia.