nadir

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

NADIR, noun 1. Natara, to be like, proportional, corresponding to, opposite. 2. That point of the heavens or lower hemisphere directly opposite to the zenith; the point directly under the place where we stand.
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