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

The denizens of the woods had taken shelter under the trees; in some of these the branches, snow-laden, had dropped groundward, forming quite a series of tents in the forest.

From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon

Janice requested, holding them out with one hand, while her other tendered a Spanish milled dollar, her eyes dropped groundward, as if to hide something.

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester

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