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Definition of Downward

Downward
Downward Down"ward, Downwards Down"wards, adv. [AS. ad?nweard. See Down, adv., and -ward.] 1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. ``Looking downwards.' --Pope. Their heads they downward bent. --Drayton. 2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. And downward fell into a groveling swine. --Milton. 3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. --Shak.
Downward
Downward Down"ward, a. 1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. --Dryden. 2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent. 3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. --Sir P. Sidney.

Meaning of Downward from wikipedia

- Downward is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Downward (1847–1930), Australian politician Herbert Downward (1880–1973)...
- In linguistic semantics, a downward entailing (DE) propositional operator is one that constrains the meaning of an expression to a lower number or degree...
- The Downward Spiral is the second studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released on March 8, 1994, by Nothing Records in the...
- Downward stroke or downstroke can mean: In handwriting, a downward stroke or downstroke is a ballistic stroke having a direction toward the feet and/or...
- In philosophy, downward causation is a causal relationship from higher levels of a system to lower-level parts of that system: for example, mental events...
- misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Downward Dog Pose or Downward-facing Dog Pose, also called Adho Mukha Svanasana (Sanskrit:...
- Downward Is Heavenward is the fourth studio album by the Champaign, Illinois alternative rock band Hum. Downward Is Heavenward was recorded in 1997, and...
- Downward harmonization is an econo-political term describing the act of adapting the trade laws of a country with an established economy "downward" to...
- In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product...
- In firearms, downward ejecting refers to firearms which eject spent cases downward from the firearm's receiver, rather than the more conventional designs...