Zenithward
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Zenithward is an adjective meaning Facing or moving toward the zenith.
Meaning
Facing or moving toward the zenith.
More Meanings
- Toward the zenith.
Example Sentences
Dixon having drifted into a hypnagogic passage in which, amid a profligacy of stars rushing by, he is traversing straight upward, Zenithward— "Eeh! Eeh!"
It was starlight and I explained the Signs of the Zodiac to her, and pointed out Mars, a bright dot of light creeping zenithward, towards which so many telescopes were pointed.
In this manner are the results to be explained which appear when a forcibly bent stem is so placed that the plane of the curve is horizontal. Under these conditions it appears that the action of gravitation predominates, since only the zenithward side underwent thickening of the cell walls.
Nineteen eighty-six was officially declared the “Year of Peace—Security without War,” by order of General of Forces Manuel Noriega. All over Panama, signs with that slogan blossomed, often embossed with a ring of five stars, the general’s insignia, and little white doves flapping bravely zenithward.
Word Forms
- zenithwards
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include circumzenith, circumzenithal, ceilingward, sunward, upward, windowward.
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