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LOWEST
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lowest in rank or importance
Example:
in last place
Synonyms:
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Similar:
worst ((superlative of 'bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the lowest position; nearest the ground
Example:
the branch with the big peaches on it hung lowest
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Context examples:
Those with intermediate activity had later events, and those who had never had an event had the lowest activity of all.
(Biological Link Found Between Stress, Heart Disease, VOA)
It is the lowest measured energetic output for any mammal.
(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)
WASP-107b is one of the lowest density planets known: While the planet is about the same size as Jupiter, it has only 12% of Jupiter’s mass.
(Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, ESA/Hubble)
The lowest part, side, or surface of something.
(Bottom, NCI Thesaurus)
Most of these diseases are now at their lowest levels in history, thanks to years of immunization.
(Childhood Immunization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The (current value minus the lowest value previously recorded) divided by the lowest value previously recorded, multiplied by 100.
(Percent Change From Nadir, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The value of the last measurement taken divided by the lowest value recorded.
(Percent Change From Nadir, NCI Thesaurus)
The most recently recorded sum of diameters minus the lowest sum of diameters previously recorded divided by the lowest sum of diameters previously recorded, multiplied by 100.
(Percent Change From Nadir in Sum of Diameter, NCI Thesaurus)
The most recently recorded sum of longest diameters minus the lowest sum of longest diameters previously recorded divided by the lowest sum of longest diameters previously recorded, multiplied by 100.
(Percent Change From Nadir in Sum of Longest Diameter, NCI Thesaurus)
Do you stand with me, Nigel, upon the lowest.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
