LOWER

Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.

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.

Refers to being below or under something.

Lower in place, rank, value, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.

A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.

one of lesser rank or station or quality

Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.

having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets"

Inferior conjunction is when an "inferior planet" (Mercury or Venus) passes between the earth and the sun.

A planet or other body that orbits closer to the Sun than does the Earth. The inferior planets ( Mercury and Venus) exhibit phases.

(ihn-FER-ee-or) A directional term describing a location further from the head than something else.

Toward the ventral surface of the primate head.

away from head