Pronunciations
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/ˈspɪnwɜ(ɹ)d/
Adverb
In a rotating reference frame, along the direction of spin.
Usage- often
- Examples
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It was half-daylight; the shadow of the terminator was coming in from spinward like a black curtain.
Edna's language was peppered with the unfamiliar. You found your way around a spinning space habitat by going spinward or antispinward or axisward ...
More examples (2)
spinward adv. in or toward the direction that something (a space station, galaxy, etc.) is rotating. Also as adj.
"[…] You would fall against the anti-spinward wall and slide down along that wall until you hit the floor ..." / "Whoa, whoa, whoa ..." Lars interrupted. "Anti-spinward? What in the world?" / "Moving in the same direction as the Station's direction of spin is considered spinward. Moving in the direction opposite the spin is considered anti-spinward. You sound like a boy asking what one does with his hands when the rollercoaster car leaves the track."