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Inferior
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(1):
(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.
(2):
(a.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
(3):
(a.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
(4):
(n.) A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.
(5):
(a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
(6):
(a.) Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
(7):
(a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
(8):
(a.) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Inferior'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/inferior.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Inferior'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/inferior.html. 1828.