2. Noun. A rushing down. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downrush
1. a rushing down [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downrush
Literary usage of Downrush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1869)
"De La Rue, Stewart, and Loewy, who brought forward the theory of a downrush about
the same time as my observations were made in 1865, at once suggested as ..."
2. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"The downrush of air clearly produces a vertically directed pressure ... Now, the
velocity of the downrush of air in a thunderstorm is not at all accurately ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1869)
"rapidity the uprush and downrush take we bring it ... red means a similar velocity
from the give us no alteration of wave-length; its eye, ie a downrush. ..."
4. The Forces of Nature: A Popular Introduction to the Study of Physical Phenomena by Amédée Guillemin (1873)
"Fix y«>ur attention on the centre of this globe: it is evident that an uprush or
a downrush is necessary to cause any alteration of wavelength. ..."
5. Contributions to Solar Physics: I. A Popular Account of Inquiries Into the by J. Norman. Lockyer (1874)
"They show, I think, that a spot is the seat of a downrush or ... and Loewy, who
brought fonvard the theory of a downrush before my observations of an actual ..."
6. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
""The downrush of air clearly produces a vertically directed pressure on the
surface of the earth, in the same manner that a horizontal flow produces a ..."
7. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
""The downrush of air clearly produces a vertically directed pressure ... Now the
velocity of the downrush of air in a thunderstorm is not at all accurately ..."
Other Resources:
