downward
IPA: dˈaʊnwɝd
adjective
- Moving, sloping or oriented downward.
- Located at a lower level.
adverb
- Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
- At a lower level.
- Southward.
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Examples of "downward" in Sentences
- The industry is clearly downward.
- They hit the top of the box and push the text downward.
- It sloped downwards to meet the top of the protective deck.
- As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.
- Branches continue downward and attach to the extensor tendons.
- The grid is spaced downward from the outlet of the carburetor.
- A coil spring counteracts the downward force of the cradle frame.
- The anterior border is the longest and slopes downward and forward.
- The downward airflow velocity is insufficient to attenuate the filaments.
- In medicine, gastroptosis is the abnormal downward displacement of the stomach.