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Dimmest
Dim Dim, a. [Compar. Dimmer; superl. Dimmest.] [AS. dim; akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain origin.] 1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished. The dim magnificence of poetry. --Whewell. How is the gold become dim! --Lam. iv. 1. I never saw The heavens so dim by day. --Shak. Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. --Wordsworth. 2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. --Job xvii. 7. The understanding is dim. --Rogers. Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc. Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished.

Meaning of Dimmest from wikipedia

- seven classical planets (the seven luminaries). They are from brightest to dimmest: the Sun, the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Gr**** astronomers...
- Vincent Canby of The New York Times called Return of the Jedi "by far the dimmest adventure of the lot" and stated, "The joys of watching space battles as...
- Ganymed 9.45 ~34.28 km Dimmest (Named) 164215 Doloreshill 20.0 ~340 m Dimmest (Numbered) (256004) 2006 UP 23.0 ~85 m Dimmest 2006 RH120 29.5 ~4 m Orbit...
- from other surveys. In 2011–2014, the dimmest known of these objects was WISE 1828+2650, and from 2014 the dimmest one is WISE 0855−0714. Leggett, Sandy...
- (due to transparency) cools and collapses again. Cepheid variables become dimmest during the part of the cycle when the helium is doubly ionized. The term...
- Pan-STARRS1 3π survey in 2015. Currently, it is both one of the nearest and dimmest galaxies known to astronomers. Analysis of its stars' distribution in color–magnitude...
- to be classed as a galaxy. Virgo I is dimmer than Segue I, the previous dimmest known. The distance to Virgo I is 87 kilop****cs (280,000 ly). Homma, Daisuke;...
- telescope, for which the star's visible light needs to reach or exceed the dimmest brightness visible to the naked eye from Earth, 6.5 apparent magnitude...
- system by listing stars from 1st magnitude (brightest) to 6th magnitude (dimmest). The modern scale was mathematically defined to closely match this historical...
- hundreds of times in the crowd, suddenly turning back, she is there in the dimmest candlelight." (众里寻他千百度, 蓦然回首, 那人却在灯火阑珊处。) Qunar (Qunar Cayman Islands Limited)...