Definition of Poleward

1. Adjective. Towards the pole of a planet ¹

2. Adverb. Towards the pole of a planet ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Poleward

1. in the direction of either extremity of the earth's axis [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poleward

polemoscope
polemoscopes
polemy
polenta
polentalike
polentas
polepiece
polepieces
poler
polers
poles
poles apart
polesitter
polestar
polestars
poleward (current term)
polewards
polewig
polewigs
poley
poleyn
poleyns
poleys
polhemusite
poli lienalis inferior et superior
poli renalis inferior et superior
polianite
policate
police
police academy

Literary usage of Poleward

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"... of the outward le thickness of this poleward flow that • • surface layer owes its power of so lun? resisting the cooling effect of the atmosphere which ..."

2. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"It is the inertia of the upper poleward travelling current. which carries back the air in the lower one to the equator. By this circulating current. ..."

3. Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"poleward temperature gradient. — The diminution in temperature in going from equator to pole is often spoken of as the poleward temperature gradient. ..."

4. Meteorology: A Text Book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"poleward temperature gradient. — The diminution in temperature in going from equator to pole is often spoken of as the poleward The characteristics of the ..."

5. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"There will be a poleward overflow and an equatorward underflow. Further, if, as assumed, there is no local convection— no intermingling of the air at ..."

6. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1919)
"The intermediate zones lie poleward from the trade-wind zone, and are characterized by prevailing westerly winds and variable climate, but they have no ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"For, if moving as part of a convectional circulation, they should move fastest when the poleward temperature gradient in the ocean water is strongest; ..."

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