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sunward - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sunward'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Directed or turned toward the sun.
  • * 1916 James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
  • His heart trembled; his breath came faster and a wild spirit passed over his limbs as though he were soaring sunward .

    Quotations

    * 1984 Laura R. Lyons, David J. Williams - Quantitative Aspects of Magnetospheric Physics *: The surface, positively charged on the dawn side and negatively charged on the evening side, separates the regions of sunward and anti-sunward plasma

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In the direction of the sun.
  • Synonyms

    * sunwards

    Antonyms

    * antisunward

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