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earthward

adverb
earth·​ward | \ ˈərth-wÉ™rd How to pronounce earthward (audio) \
variants: or less commonly earthwards \ ˈərth-​wÉ™rdz How to pronounce earthwards (audio) \

Definition of earthward

: toward the earth

Examples of earthward in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 As the codewords journeyed earthward, the engineers knew some 1s would be distorted into 0s and some 0s into 1s. — Quanta Magazine, "A New Tool to Help Mathematicians Pack," 20 Dec. 2013 Roofs had collapsed earthward, the buildings’ innards — mattresses, curtains, chair legs — sticking out at odd angles. — Robert F. Worth, New York Times, "Behind the Barricades of Turkey’s Hidden War," 24 May 2016

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First Known Use of earthward

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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