Nightward
adj, adv, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The direction of oncoming night. uncountable
"No time was lost betweene them, for each minute was fild with store of wit, which passed betweene them, as grounds are with shadowes where people walke: and the longer they discoursed still grew as much more excellent, as they, to nightward seeme longer."
- 1 Toward night. not-comparable
"Yet, that you may see I am something suspicious of myself, and do take note of a certain belatedness in me, I am the bolder to sen you some of my nightward thoughts sometime since."
- 2 Toward the nightside of a planet. not-comparable
"nightward flow"
- 1 Into the night. not-comparable
"I follow soon; My day of life wanes nightward fast from noon, And evening lowers."
- 2 On or toward the nightside of a planet. not-comparable
"Fourth, Knudsen et al. (1982) have shown that the closure of the magnetosheth flow, as evidenced by the ionopause altitude nightward of the terminator, is appropriate for isentropic expansion into the wake of an obstacle."
Example
More examples"Yet, that you may see I am something suspicious of myself, and do take note of a certain belatedness in me, I am the bolder to sen you some of my nightward thoughts sometime since."
Etymology
From night + -ward.
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