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downward | x |

As an adverb downward

is toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.

As an adjective downward

is moving or sloping down.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

downward

English

Adverb

(en-adv) (or downwards )
  • Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
    • His position in society moved ever downward .
  • * Drayton
    • Their heads they downward bent.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A ring the county wears, / That downward hath descended in his house, / From son to son, some four or five descents.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • moving or sloping down
    • He spoke with a downward glance.

    Anagrams

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----