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 Knibbs, Harry Herbert

Janice, whose eyes had been dropped groundward during most of this colloquy, gave the pleader a come-and-go glance, then said breathlessly, “I—’T is—Wha—wha—What would you wish me to say?”

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester

Their works drop groundward, though their souls have glimpses of heaven that are denied to him.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward