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

He had covered half the distance before the weapons wavered groundward.

From A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today by Raine, William MacLeod

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

The shy blue eyes met mine for an instant before 230 they fluttered groundward.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart