downward motion

collocation in English

meaningsofdownwardandmotion

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downward
adjective
uk
/ˈdaʊn.wəd/us
/ˈdaʊn.wɚd/
moving towards a ...
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motion
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈmoʊ.ʃən/
the act or process of moving, or a particular action ...
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(Definition ofdownwardandmotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The first occurs when the doors shut and the condition fordownwardmotionholds.
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For example, the first joint design only requires an upward anddownwardmotionwhile the second joint design requires both, vertical and horizontal motions.
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In itsdownwardmotion, the dome moves away from the probe which i t previously enveloped.
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Adownwardmotionis associated with a positive temperature perturbation as it transports heat downward.
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Both leading- and trailing-edge responses to the swept bar are discernable for rightward anddownwardmotion.
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They do encode ver ticality fordownwardmotion, but conflate this with manner, figure, and ground.
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The application of this ratio to the motion in a mechanical system leads to the assumption thatdownwardmotionis caused by the body's inherent weight.
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If these gases start theirdownwardmotionat a high point, perhaps 20 feet, there is separation, particularly if there is atmospheric turbulence, as there usually is.
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This means upward motion in the area of warm air advection anddownwardmotionin the area of cold air advection.
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A breaking ball will have some sideways ordownwardmotionon it.
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Reactivity is increased bydownwardmotionof the inner cylinder and the upward motion of the four outer quadrant plates.
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Surface anticyclones form due todownwardmotionthrough the troposphere, the atmospheric layer where weather occurs.
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Some pitchers use adownwardmotionon their wrist when throwing it.
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The negative vorticity advection area will be associated with convergence anddownwardmotion.
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Downwardmotionof material occurs at convergent plate boundaries called subduction zones.
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After first dolphin kick, "pull both arms immediately withdownwardmotion".
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One of the two strings in the course is plucked in adownwardmotion, and the other in the upward motion.
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