antispinward
Syllables: anti·spin·ward/ˌæntiːˈspɪnwɜ(ɹ)d/
antispinward adverb: in a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.
Adverb
antispinward (comparative more antispinward, superlative most antispinward)
- In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.
- To antispinward was the largest mountain men had ever seen.1970 October, Larry Niven, Ringworld, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 152
- My fathers and mothers tell that we have been moving to antispinward since they were little. They remember that they had to go around a great sea, but they did not come too close, because the beasts would not eat the plants that grow around the shore.1978, Galileo: Magazine of Science & Fiction, Boston, Mass.: Avenue Victor Hugo Publishers, page 77
Examples of antispinward in a sentence
- Laura imagined that he would expect them to flee along the beams, and she watched his narrow face searching the impenetrable shadows antispinward of where they hid.1985, Nancy Kress, Trinity and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: Bluejay Books, →ISBN, page 214:
- You found your way around a spinning space habitat by going spinward or antispinward or axisward ...2007, Arthur C. Clarke with Stephen Baxter, Firstborn [A Time Odyssey; 3], New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books; Ballantine Books, →ISBN:
- antispinward adv. in or toward the opposite direction that something (a space station, galaxy, etc.) is rotating.2007, Jeff Prucher, editor, Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page...
Antonyms of antispinward
Forms of antispinward
| comparative | more antispinward |
|---|---|
| superlative | most antispinward |
Origin of antispinward
From anti- + spin + -ward.
Questions about antispinward
- What does antispinward mean?
- Antispinward means in a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.
- How do you use antispinward in a sentence?
- Laura imagined that he would expect them to flee along the beams, and she watched his narrow face searching the impenetrable shadows antispinward of where they hid.
- What part of speech is antispinward?
- Antispinward is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce antispinward?
- Antispinward is pronounced /ˌæntiːˈspɪnwɜ(ɹ)d/.
Words near antispinward in the dictionary
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