upward direction

collocation in English

meaningsofupwardanddirection

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upward
adjective
uk
/ˈʌp.wəd/us
/ˈʌp.wɚd/
moving towards a higher position, level, ...
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direction
noun
uk
/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us
/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofupwardanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Similarly, profiles (b)-(a), gathered in theupwarddirection, appear slightly less adiabatic than the instantaneous mean state.
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When set into motion in theupwarddirection, early motion detectors provide two kinds of local motion signals.
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Upwarddirectionis clockwise for all the traces.
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Suppose that there exists a horizontal magnetic field (stratified upwards) along the 2-direction in the fluid which is further assumed to have a variable density in theupwarddirection.
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Quite the reverse: the object is convergence, but in anupwarddirection.
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One can only hope that prices have touched bottom, and that there will be a reaction in anupwarddirection.
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There is no trend there in anupwarddirection.
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Will the figure be revised in anupwarddirection, which is clearly needed?
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That sort of expenditure will have to continue in anupwarddirectionfor many years to come.
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The power should be to amend the number only in anupwarddirection.
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Any such changes are likely to be in anupwarddirection.
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It is very slow moving, but it is moving in anupwarddirectionbecause so many people have got used to each other.
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Human society can progress only in an evolutionaryupwarddirectionagainst a certain degree of adversity.
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In most cases the general tendency was in anupwarddirection.
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Would not fair taxation changes in a generallyupwarddirectionbe welcomed by the public, who want to see more spent on health and education?
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The surplus should go to adjust the price of coal, and we hope adjustments will be in a downward and not in anupwarddirection.
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Occasionally, through alien regiments being located in the barracks, our crime factor is influenced in anupwarddirection.
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I think that there should be an upper limit, and any variations should be in a downward direction and not in anupwarddirection.
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It is only now, when we are trying to reverse the assumption ofupwarddirection, that we are running into such difficulties.
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