headward
Britishadjective
adverb
Example Sentences
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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
It is lengthened headward by water coming in at its upper end, is widened by side wash, and deepened by the downward cutting of the water which flows along its axis.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
It is manifest that if the valleys were extended headward in the direction of their axes, they would interrupt the even crest.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
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