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Terms vs Downgoing - What's the difference?

terms | downgoing |

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.

terms

English

Noun

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    downgoing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (sciences, especially of a wave) Tending downward
  • * {{quote-book, 1997, , Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, isbn=0309058260 citation
    • , passage=First, explosions in the water are efficient generators of seismic waves, because hydroacoustic energy efficiently generates downgoing seismic waves below the water.}}

    Antonyms

    * upgoing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare, poetic) A descent
  • * {{quote-book, 1854, John Stanyan Bigg, Night and the Soul: A Dramatic Poem citation
    • , passage=Art thou not weary, Time, of thy long tramp, / Thy long downgoings from the thrones of bliss ?}}

    Related terms

    * downgone * upgoing

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