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Categories: Orientation (geometry), Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Technical factors of astrology, Celestial coordinate system

nadir nadir image Nadir line Nadirs نَظِير

The point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected WordNet 3.0

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The point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The nadir is the direction pointing directly below a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface. Wikipedia

Low or downward point of reference. Wikipedia Disambiguation

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith. OmegaWiki

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. Wiktionary

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The Nuttall Encyclopædia

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zenith