Word
Inferior
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-fe-ri-or
Definition
- a. - Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or
valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
- a. - Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
- a. - Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or
interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
- a. - Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
- a. - 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.
- a. - On the side of a flower which is next the bract;
anterior.
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