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Cf.
Azimuth, Zenith.] 1. 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.

2. The lowest point; the time of greatest
depression.

The seventh century is the nadir of the human
mind in Europe.

Hallam.

Nadir of the sun (Astron.), the axis
of the conical shadow projected by the earth. Crabb.

||Næ"ni*a (?), n. See
Nenia.

Næve (?), n. [L. naevus.]
A nævus. [Obs.] Dryden.

Næ"void (?), a.
[Nævus + -oid.] Resembling a nævus or
nævi; as, nævoid elephantiasis.
Dunglison.

Næ"vose` (?), a. Spotted;
freckled.

||Næ"vus (nē"vŭs),
n.; pl. Nævi (-
vī).

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