Antispinward
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌæntiːˈspɪnwɜ(ɹ)d/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Antispinward is an adverb meaning (often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.
Meaning
(often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.
Example Sentences
To antispinward was the largest mountain men had ever seen.
antispinward adv. in or toward the opposite direction that something (a space station, galaxy, etc.) is rotating.
Edna's language was peppered with the unfamiliar. You found your way around a spinning space habitat by going spinward or antispinward or axisward .
Laura imagined that he would expect them to flee along the beams, and she watched his narrow face searching the impenetrable shadows antispinward of where they hid.
Antonyms for antispinward
Common opposites include spinward.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spinward, hubward, polarward, poleward, planetside, countersun.
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