inferior
/ษชnหfษช(ษ)ษนiษ/noun
adjective
- 1
Of lower quality
โAnna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.โ
- 2
Of lower rank
โan inferior officerโ
- 3
Located below
- 4
Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
- 5
On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
- 6
Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
โthe inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venusโ
- 7
Below the horizon.
โthe inferior part of a meridianโ
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