Bottom

Bottom may refer to:

Anatomy and sex

• Buttocks, portions of the anatomy on the posterior of the pelvic region of apes and humans, and many other bipeds or quadrupeds
• Bottom (sex), a term used by gay, BDSM, and some straight couples
• Bottom (BDSM), the partner in a BDSM who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or dominant

Art and fiction

• Nick Bottom, a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Bottom (TV series), a British sitcom and stage show
• The Bottoms (novel), a 2000 novel by Joe R. Lansdale
• "Bottom", a song by Tool from Undertow
• "Bottom", a song by Puddle of Mudd from Life On Display

Mathematics

• Bottom element, in lattice theory and related branches of mathematics
• Bottom, or falsum, a contradiction in logic and Boolean algebra
• Bottom type, or empty type, in type theory
• The symbol up tack (⊥), used to represent these concepts

Physics

• Bottom quark, a subatomic particle

Geography

• Bottom (valley), the floor of a valley
• The Bottom, capital of the island of Saba
• The Bottoms, a neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
• Lower Bottoms, Oakland, California or The Bottoms, a neighborhood in Oakland, California, U.S.
• St. Paul's Bottoms or The Bottoms, a neighborhood in Shreveport, Louisiana
• Bottomland (freshwater ecology), low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river
• Stream bed, the channel bottom of a stream, river or creek
• Seabed, the floor of the ocean

Business

• Bottom (technical analysis), a chart pattern in the technical analysis of securities