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NADIR (Arabic nadir, " opposite to," used elliptically for nadir-es-semt, "opposite to the
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zenith ")  , a
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term used in
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astronomy for the point in the heavens exactly opposite to the
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zenith, the zenith and
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nadir being the two poles of the
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horizon . It is thus used figuratively of the lowest
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depth of a
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person's
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spirits or the lowest point in a career .

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