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1. Nautical touch bottom to run aground
2. Nautical the parts of a vessel's hull that are under water
3. (in literary or commercial contexts) a boat or ship
4. Billiards Snooker a strike in the centre of the cue ball
5. a dry valley or hollow
6. US and Canadian the low land bordering a river
Bottom
under spell, grows ass’s head. [Br. Lit.: A Midsummer Night’s Dream]
See : Enchantment
(theory)bottom - The least defined element in a given domain.

Often used to represent a non-terminating computation.

(In LaTeX, bottom is written as \perp, sometimes with the domain as a subscript).


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"Then the box has two bottoms," announced the Scarecrow, "for the bottom on the inside is fully an inch away from the bottom on the outside.
The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
And there they are, calling and calling at the bottom of the sea - my three boys and my man.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
The poor brute seemed horribly scared, and crouched in the bottom of its little cage.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
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