Complete Definition of "sunward"

English

Adjective
sunward

  1. Directed or turned toward the sun.

Translations
trans-top|directed towards the sun
Finnish: auringonpuoleinen
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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
sunward

  1. In the direction of the sun.

Synonyms
sunwards

Translations
trans-top|in the direction of the sun
Finnish: aurinko|aurinkoa kohti
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Quotations
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.

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