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 shy blue eyes met mine for an instant before 230 they fluttered groundward.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

He had covered half the distance before the weapons wavered groundward.

From A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today by Raine, William MacLeod

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