Definition of inferior
- 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.
- a. - Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
- n. - A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than
another.