downgoing
English
Etymology
down + going
Adjective
downgoing (not comparable)
- (sciences, especially of a wave) Tending downward
- 1997, Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, →ISBN, page 27:
- First, explosions in the water are efficient generators of seismic waves, because hydroacoustic energy efficiently generates downgoing seismic waves below the water.
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Antonyms
- upgoing
Noun
downgoing (plural downgoings)
- (rare, poetic) A descent
- 1854, John Stanyan Bigg, Night and the Soul: A Dramatic Poem, page 121:
- Art thou not weary, Time, of thy long tramp, / Thy long downgoings from the thrones of bliss ?
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Related terms
- downgone
- upgoing
Anagrams
- going down