tailward
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Etymology
Adjective
tailward (not comparable)
- Toward the tail.
- 2015, Jens Kleimann, Christian Röken, Horst Fichtner, Jacob Heerikhuisen, “Toward more realistic analytic models of the heliotail: Incorporating magnetic flattening via distortion flows”, in arXiv:
- Both physical arguments and simulations of the global heliosphere indicate that the tailward heliopause is flattened considerably in the direction perpendicular to the large-scale interstellar magnetic field.
Adverb
tailward (not comparable)
- Toward the tail.
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