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

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

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

Tharn went over its edge without hesitation, slipping groundward with the reckless abandon of a falling stone, yet landing there without an appreciable jar.

From The Return of Tharn by Browne, Howard