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
A sharp drive of wind bent the tops of the young wayside firs groundward.
From Lost Farm Camp by Harry Herbert Knibbs
I trembled when He clasped me round, yet groundward durst not bend, I must not fall to lap of earth, but stand fast to the end.
From Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days by Emily Hickey
Try as he might, the plane was sagging groundward.
From Our Pilots in the Air by William Perry Brown
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