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

Try as he might, the plane was sagging groundward.

From Our Pilots in the Air by Brown, William Perry

With slow caution, lest he arouse Tharn, the young cave man slipped groundward.

From The Return of Tharn by Browne, Howard

A sharp drive of wind bent the tops of the young wayside firs groundward.

From Lost Farm Camp by Knibbs, Harry Herbert