headward
Britishadjective
adverb
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Diaz Artiles and her team are investigating potential countermeasures to help counteract the headward fluid shifts of SANS.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
Researchers understand even less about astronauts’ neurological states and whether cognition is affected by the pressure that fluids shifting headward put on the brain.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
On flat surfaces, the wave starts with the last leg and travels headward.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 23, 2022
The course of a valley.—In the lengthening of a gully or valley headward, the growth will be in the direction of greatest wear.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
By lengthening headward they would work back from their mains some part, or even all of the way across the divides separating the main valleys.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
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