forward direction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofforwardanddirection
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forward
adjective
uk/ˈfɔː.wəd/us/ˈfɔːr.wɚd/
towards the direction that is in front ...
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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 offorwardanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofforward direction
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The x-axis points to theforwarddirection, the z-axis points upward, and the y-axis is a cross-product of the z-axis and x-axis.
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In the above simulation, the current density flowing in theforwarddirectiontoward the cone tip reaches up to 25 (2encc).
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We see that the laser radiation blows off the electrons and accelerates them in theforwarddirection.
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As it can be seen the main radiation energy concentrates in theforwarddirectionrather than a symmetrical structure for both forward and backward directions.
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This is due to enhancement of the light intensity in theforwarddirectioninitially overriding the normal decay process.
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All signals flow in aforwarddirectiononly with this configuration.
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The laser beamforwarddirectionis at 08.
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Composing the cascade in theforwarddirection, we would have to carry the states for these words, and compose them with their spellings, and abbreviations.
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They show that the deviation produced in theforwarddirectionhas about a 0.09 mm backlash from the deviation produced in the reverse direction.
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They operate by passing information through the network in aforwarddirectiononly.
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They either replicate existing ideas or increment these ideas in aforwarddirection.
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It is numerically stable in theforwarddirection, since the right-hand side of (7.9) has positive terms.
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The forward() command adds a wire of length 1.0 cm and radius 0.032 cm in the currentforwarddirection.
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Theforwarddirectionof the biconditional follows from the free theorem.
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Theforwarddirectionof the proposition follows immediately by naturality.
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This scenario is also confirmed by the energy spectra of oxygen ions emitted, as are the deuterons, predominantly in theforwarddirection.
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The high-energy cutoff value of the deuterons emitted to the backward direction is about twice as much as the value inforwarddirection.
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Here, 0 is the angular spread relative to theforwarddirection, due to the phase plate that induces spatial incoherence.
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The robot'sforwarddirectionis determined by the vector-distance function generated from sensory feedback.
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