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

Having once started groundward, Overton continued to descend rapidly.

From Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

A veil of fine, driving flakes scurried groundward with each gust of wind from the lake and half hid the passenger-laden suburban trains, and the ramshackle dairy buildings across the tracks.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell

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 Hickey, Emily