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nadir

direction pointing directly below a particular location
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Summary

nadir is a vertical orientation[1]. nadir draws 3,762 Wikipedia views per month (vertical orientation category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: one-dimensional spatial region[3]
  • Part of: celestial sphere[4]
  • Opposite of: zenith[5]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[6], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], The New Student's Reference Work[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Equivalent class: https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001040[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • P14870: ont00001040[15]

Why It Matters

nadir has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] nadir is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00001040
    Subclass of → one-dimensional spatial region
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53024|batch #53024]]"
  2. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001040
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00001040"
  3. 19w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Part of → celestial sphere
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2244479
    Opposite of → zenith
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q16888981 */"
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