INFERIOR
\ɪnfˈi͡əɹɪə], \ɪnfˈiəɹɪə], \ɪ_n_f_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə]\
Definitions of INFERIOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
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a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
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one of lesser rank or station or quality
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inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
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of or characteristic of low rank or importance
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having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
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written or printed below and to one side of another character
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lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery"
By Princeton University
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falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
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a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
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one of lesser rank or station or quality
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inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
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of or characteristic of low rank or importance
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(astronomy) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
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Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
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Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
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On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
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Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
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A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
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Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
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Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
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On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
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Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
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A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Lower in place, rank, or quality; secondary; between the earth and the sun; as, inferior planets.
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One who ranks below another.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Lower in any respect: subordinate: secondary.
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One lower in rank or station: one younger than another.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
