Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗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. · The lowest point; time of greatest depression. · The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down. · An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.
To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.
From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”).
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- Derivation mentionنَظِير السَّمْتar
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