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Look up: inferior

  1. Inferior
    pertaining to the lower side (usually of the head)
    Found on http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfac

  2. inferior
    [adj] - (anatomy) lower than a given reference point 2. [adj] - (astronomy) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth`s orbit 3. [adj] - of low or inferior quality 4. [adj] - of or characteristic of low rank or importance 5. [n] - one of lesser rank or station or quality
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Inferior
    means lower in quality or value; or situated beneath or lower in position. Opposite of Superior.
    Found on http://www.bcpa.co.uk/glossary.htm

  4. Inferior
    Literally below or lesser than. In the anatomical position, if A is lower than B, A is inferior to B. The opposite is superior.
    Found on http://www.chriscolton.co.uk/glossary.ht

  5. Inferior
    Means below
    Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc

  6. Inferior
    Lower.
    Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA

  7. Inferior
    Inferior: In anatomy, below or toward the feet. As opposed to superior. The liver is inferior to the lungs. For a more complete listing of terms used in medicine for spatial orientation, please see the entry to "Anatomic Orientation Terms".
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  8. inferior
    particular case of mirage, occurring over stretches of water, land, shores, roads, etc. strongly heated by insolation, and in which the virtual image is found below the actual object. Category: The cosmos • double horizontal member placed on the top ends of the studs Category: Building industry • a heavenly body whose declination is of same name (north or south) but less th…
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Inferior
    In·fe"ri·or adjective [ Latin , compar. of inferus that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to English under : confer French inférieur . See Under .] 1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath. « A thousand inferior and particular propositions.» I. Watts. « The body, …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/53

  10. Inferior
    In·fe"ri·or noun A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another. « A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him.» South.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/53

  11. inferior
    Of an ovary, at least partly below the level of attachment of the other floral parts. ... Compare: superior. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?i

  12. inferior
    adjective lower than a given reference point; `inferior alveolar artery`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. inferior
    (in-fēr´e-әr) situated below, or directed downward; in anatomy, used in reference to the lower surface of a structure, or to the lower of two (or more) similar structures.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  14. Inferior
    • (a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior. • (a.) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian. • (a.) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx. • (a.) Lower in place, rank, e...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. inferior
    1. one of lesser rank or station or quality
    2. a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

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  16. inferior
    of lower or lesser quality
    Found on http://www.eslgold.com/acad_vocab_defini

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