downward movement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdownwardandmovement
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downward
adjective
uk/ˈdaʊn.wəd/us/ˈdaʊn.wɚd/
moving towards a ...
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movement
noun
uk/ˈmuːv.mənt/us/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofdownwardandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdownward movement
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The initial arpeggiations are balanced between upward anddownwardmovement.
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Ice-cemented permafrost restricts thedownwardmovementof most contaminants but may aid distribution via lateral flow, especially low-freezing-point contaminants such as hydrocarbons.
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The results clearly demonstrate that under this high-leaching environment there has been a progressivedownwardmovementof alkalinity which has been time-dependent.
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In this sense, there is continuity in thedownwardmovementin the sequence.
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After the plate was withdrawn, the heavy mixed parcel descended as adownwardmovementof thermal convection.
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Then, the balance tips towarddownwardmovementonly to be rebalanced at the end by the last rising arpeggiation.
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When quizzed on it, these individuals often report that they felt no sense of moving their arm voluntarily, but rather experienced thedownwardmovementas something that happened to them.
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The results of this show a cleardownwardmovementof death rates among very old people, including centenarians, since the mid-1950s in some cases, more recently in others.
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Loam soil also obstructeddownwardmovementof seeds, although to a lesser extent than the silty-clay.
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If the dial is positioned to the left of the vertical display, there is no clear association between clockwise rotation and an upward ordownwardmovementof the display.
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It is infinitely better wholeheartedly to follow the upward/downwardmovementof the playing breath and to trust to this commitment to stimulate the appropriate quality of muscle tone.
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Interestingly, however, after a year of burial the seeds tended to maintain their vertical position because additional periods of rainfall made no difference in furtherdownwardmovement(data not shown).
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There was a period of not much change, and then about a year later thedownwardmovementstarted.
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Therefore, the prospect is not of collapse but of a steadydownwardmovementin oil prices from the ridiculous and unsustainable heights of the past.
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I readily acknowledge and assert that thedownwardmovementis far too slow.
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Instead, it was designed to give some assistance to those who found it difficult to face thedownwardmovementof prices.
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Therefore, to that extent there must be a general internationaldownwardmovementof interest rates, which will influence our position.
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They are to have the honour of beginning thatdownwardmovement, and if it.
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