exaltation vs nadir

exaltation

noun
  • The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property. 

  • The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. 

  • That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence. 

  • The collective noun for larks. 

nadir

noun
  • The lowest point; time of greatest depression. 

  • The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down. 

  • The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation. 

verb
  • To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base. 

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