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Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or
valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath. |
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Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods. |
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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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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. |
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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. |