2. Adverb. Towards the pole of a planet ¹
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Definition of Poleward
1. in the direction of either extremity of the earth's axis [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poleward
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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