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downgoing

downgoing adjective: tending downward.

Adjective

downgoing (not comparable)

  1. (especially) Tending downward
    • First, explosions in the water are efficient generators of seismic waves, because hydroacoustic energy efficiently generates downgoing seismic waves below the water.1997, Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, →ISBN, page 27

Noun

downgoing (plural downgoings)

  1. (poetic, rare) A descent
    • Art thou not weary, Time, of thy long tramp, / Thy long downgoings from the thrones of bliss ?1854, John Stanyan Bigg, Night and the Soul: A Dramatic Poem, page 121

Antonyms of downgoing

Forms of downgoing

pluraldowngoings

Origin of downgoing

From down + going.

Questions about downgoing

What does downgoing mean?
Downgoing means tending downward.
What part of speech is downgoing?
Downgoing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near downgoing in the dictionary

  1. downgaze
  2. downgazes
  3. downglide
  4. downglides
  5. downgliding
  6. downgoing
  7. downgoings
  8. downgone
  9. downgradable
  10. downgrade
  11. downgrade dance

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