groundward

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The sensors actually detect the neutrons created in the upper atmosphere when high-speed particles slam into the nuclei of atoms of gases, knocking them apart and sending the neutrons groundward.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 6, 2012

From a transmitting antenna on one wing, radio waves are bounced groundward, caught on the rebound by a receiving antenna on the other wing.

From Time Magazine Archive

So swift was the pace now that within a few minutes a wide clearing loomed ahead and her captor began to slip groundward.

From The Return of Tharn by Browne, Howard

Smoke was pouring out of the chimney of a cabin and falling groundward, as it does in the Arctic during very cold weather.

From The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North by Wolfe, George Ellis

A sharp drive of wind bent the tops of the young wayside firs groundward.

From Lost Farm Camp by Knibbs, Harry Herbert