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Look up: nadir

  1. nadir
    lowest weakest pointĀ 
    Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.htm

  2. Nadir
    The direction from a spacecraft directly down toward the center of a planet. Opposite the zenith.
    Found on http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsfgloss

  3. Nadir
    The Nadir is the point opposite to the Zenith, i.e., the point of the heavens directly below the observer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Nadir
    Direction toward the center of the Earth. Opposite of zenith.
    Found on http://www-v0ims.gsfc.nasa.gov/v0ims/glo

  5. nadir
    [n] - an extreme state of adversity 2. [n] - the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Nadir
    the bottom end of the meridian, a line projected downwards through the centre of the Earth from the midheaven; the point Sun reaches at midnight; opening cusp of the fourth house, the place of personal identity.
    Found on http://www.isleofavalon.co.uk/Glastonbur

  7. Nadir
    The point on the celestial sphere directly below the observer. The nadir is directly opposite the zenith.
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  8. Nadir
    The point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer, diametrically opposite the zenith. See also: Zenith.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  9. Nadir
    Nadir:The lowest point as, for example, the lowest blood count after chemotherapy, the lowest concentration of a drug in the body, etc.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  10. nadir
    the point in the heavens diametrically opposed to the zenith,the point directly under the observer DU BUREAU HYDROGRAPHIQUE INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951 Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  11. Nadir
    Literally means `the lowest point`. Usually used to describe the lowest level of the blood cell count after chemotherapy.
    Found on http://www.cmht.nwest.nhs.uk/cancerinfo/

  12. Nadir
    Na'dir noun [ French, Spanish , & Italian nadir ; all from Arabic nasīru's samt nadir, prop., the point opposite the zenith ( as samt ), in which nasīr means alike, corresponding to. Confer Azimuth , Zenith .] 1. That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/1

  13. nadir
    The lowest point, point of greatest adversity or despair. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  14. nadir
    low-water mark noun an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. Nadir
    The `nadir` is the astronomical term for the point in the sky directly below the observer, or more precisely, the point in the sky with an inclination of āˆ`90š. In simple terms, if you are standing on the earth, it is the direction `down` toward your feet. Geometrically, it is the point on the celestial sphere intersected by a line drawn from the observer's location on the Earth's surface through the center of the Earth. The point opposite the ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadir

  16. Nadir
    • (n.) The lowest point; the time of greatest depression. • (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. • (n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. nadir
    (from the article `zenith`) point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer on the Earth. The point 180° opposite the zenith, directly underfoot, is the nadir. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/1

  18. nadir
    the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/

  19. Nadir
    Nadir is a Arabic boy name. The meaning of the name is `Rare` Nader,Nadir,Nadira,Nadra The name Nadir doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Nadir seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Nadi

  20. NADIR
    The point on any given observer's celestial sphere diametrically opposite of one's zenith.
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/n.html

  21. nadir
    The point on the celestial sphere, blocked from view by Earth, that is diametrically opposite an observer's zenith. For spacecraft, the arbitrarily defined 'down' direction; usually defined as the direction pointing toward the center of the primary body.
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  22. nadir
    nadir (nā'dur) [Arab.,=opposite], in astronomy, the point on the celestial sphere directly opposite the zenith, i.e., directly beneath the observer.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08347


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