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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 na·dir /ˈneˌdɪr, ˈnedɚ/
 天底,最底點,最低點

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Na·dir n.
 1. That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
 2. The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.
    The seventh century is the nadir of the human mind in Europe.   --Hallam.
 Nadir of the sun Astron., the axis of the conical shadow projected by the earth.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 nadir
      n 1: an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
           [syn: low-water mark]
      2: the point below the observer that is directly opposite the
         zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial
         bodies appear to be projected [ant: zenith]