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

The next minute the great aeroplane glided groundward and landed within a few feet of the crowd.

From The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest by Goldfrap, John Henry

Their works drop groundward, but themselves, I know, Reach many a time a heaven that’s shut to me, Enter and take their place there sure enough, Tho’ they come back and cannot tell the world.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)