POLEWARD

Meaning of POLEWARD in English

Pronunciation: ' p ō l-w ə rd

Function: adverb or adjective

Date: 1835

: toward or in the direction of a pole of the earth <as the sun moves poleward > < poleward variation in temperature>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

POLEWARD — adverb or adjective Date: 1835 toward or in the direction of a pole of the earth
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POLEWARD — ˈpōlwə(r)d adverb (or adjective) also pole·wards -dz : toward or in the direction of a pole of the earth Britain …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLEWARD — /pohl"weuhrd/ , adv. 1. Also, polewards . toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole. adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POLEWARD — adverb or adjective Date: 1835 : toward or in the direction of a pole of the earth as the sun …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POLEWARD — [pole.ward] adv or adj (1875): toward or in the direction of a pole of the earth "as the sun moves …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POLEWARD — нареч.(по направлению) к полюсу The air about the equator rises, and flows poleward in both directions. — Воздух поднимается над …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POLEWARD — (0) по направлению к полюсу
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
POLEWARD — нареч. (по направлению) к полюсу The air about the equator rises, and flows poleward in both directions. — Воздух поднимается …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
POLEWARD — нареч. (по направлению) к полюсу The air about the equator rises, and flows poleward in both directions. — Воздух поднимается над экватором …
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POLEWARDS — adverb (or adjective) see poleward
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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HADLEY CELL — noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: after George Hadley died 1768 English scientific writer : a pattern of atmospheric circulation …
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HADLEY CELL — noun Etymology: George Hadley died 1768 English scientific writer Date: 1955 : a pattern of atmospheric circulation in which warm …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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FLOW — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a current flows ▪ Sea currents flow at up to 12 miles per hour …
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FERREL CELL — Indirect meridional cell that is poleward of the tropical Hadley circulation in zonally averaged observations. The equatorward sinking branch is …
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