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westward | American Dictionary

westward
adverb[ not gradable ]
us/ˈwest·wərd/(alsowestwards, us/ˈwest·wərdz/)
toward the west:
The clouds drifted westward.
westward
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈwest·wərd/
going or being toward the west:
a westward route

Examples of westward

westward
The frontal parts of these thrust sheets formerly projected westwards over the relatively thin-skinned marginal thrust belt.
Chaotic and speculative expansion spread northwards as well as westwards with the crisis of subsistence in the countryside.
Lastly, on the beta plane, the blocking is greater for eastward rather than westward flow.
Examination of the western boundary layer shows the usual westward intensification as in transport theories.
We were reluctantly compelled to retrace our steps, and try to proceed westward in another direction.
When friction is present, the stationary field has a component with anticyclones (high pressures) on the westward sides of the crests.
In addition, there was more eastward than westward migration.
The westward expansion of this group would have resulted in the cancellation of the conduit.
Most of the refugees had already left the camps and were moving westward when aid workers spotted them.
The summit caldera is about 1 km in diameter and forms the ' ' neve for a westward flowing glacier.
However, as the causeway extended westward, the level of the walking surface was raised to compensate for the gradual decrease in elevation of the natural terrain.
Excavation proceeded from east of the main skeleton nor thward and westward along the nor th margin of the tomb, which was in par t delimited by a masonry wall.
In a sense the disturbance to droplet shape caused by depositing mass at the western foot region is alleviated by the westward motion of the entire droplet.
Naturally, its portals faced westward.
In addition to the changes in the degree of polarization, in long-term runs the westward movement of the sun introduces errors in the orientation with respect to geographic north.
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