Terms vs Downgoing - What's the difference?
terms | downgoing |
(sciences, especially of a wave) Tending downward
* {{quote-book, 1997, , Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, isbn=0309058260
, passage=First, explosions in the water are efficient generators of seismic waves, because hydroacoustic energy efficiently generates downgoing seismic waves below the water.}}
(rare, poetic) A descent
* {{quote-book, 1854, John Stanyan Bigg, Night and the Soul: A Dramatic Poem
, passage=Art thou not weary, Time, of thy long tramp, / Thy long downgoings from the thrones of bliss ?}}
As nouns the difference between terms and downgoing
is that terms is while downgoing is (rare|poetic) a descent.As an adjective downgoing is
(sciences|especially of a wave) tending downward.downgoing
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* upgoingNoun
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