tailward
tailward adjective: toward the tail.
Adjective
tailward (not comparable)
- Toward the tail.
- Both physical arguments and simulations of the global heliosphere indicate that the tailward heliopause is flattened considerably in the direction perpendicular to the large-scale interstellar magnetic field.2015, Jens Kleimann, Christian Röken, Horst Fichtner, Jacob Heerikhuisen, “Toward more realistic analytic models of the heliotail: Incorporating magnetic flattening via distortion flows”, in arXiv
Adverb
tailward (not comparable)
- Toward the tail.
Synonyms of tailward
Origin of tailward
From tail + -ward.
Questions about tailward
- What does tailward mean?
- Tailward means toward the tail.
- What part of speech is tailward?
- Tailward can be an adjective or an adverb.
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