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INWARD
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
Example:
a concern with inward reflections
Classified under:
Similar:
indwelling (existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle)
inmost; innermost (being deepest within the self)
inner; interior; internal (located inward)
private; secret (not expressed)
self-whispered (as if whispered to yourself)
Attribute:
internality; inwardness (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values))
Antonym:
outward (relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind)
Derivation:
inwardness (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values))
inwardness (preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Directed or moving inward or toward a center
Example:
inward flood of capital
Synonyms:
inbound; inward
Classified under:
Similar:
incoming (arriving at a place or position)
Derivation:
inwardness (the quality or state of being inward or internal)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toward the center or interior
Example:
move the needle further inwards!
Synonyms:
inward; inwards
Classified under:
Antonym:
outward (toward the outside)
Sense 2
Meaning:
To or toward the inside of
Example:
smash in the door
Synonyms:
in; inward; inwards
Classified under:
Context examples:
The planets then migrated inward, like a string of railroad cars.
('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)
These collisions typically occur as the gravity of the main cluster pulls the smaller cluster inward towards its central core.
(Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front, NASA)
He spoke her name without hesitancy, naturally, though secretly surprised that he had had no inward quiver, no old, familiar increase of pulse and warm surge of blood.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The extent downward or inward; the perpendicular measurement from the surface downward to determine deepness.
(Depth, NCI Thesaurus)
Mexiletine exerts its antiarrhythmic effect by inhibiting the inward sodium current in cardiac cells, thereby reducing the rate of rise of the cardiac action potential (phase 0) and decreases automaticity in the Purkinje fibers.
(Mexiletine, NCI Thesaurus)
The polar alcohol group is hydrophilic and organizes itself in the membrane facing outward toward water, while the hydrophobic fatty acid alkyl chains face inward toward other fatty acid chains.
(Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The part of the inner mitochondrial membrane that folds inward to enclose the cristae.
(Membrane of Crista, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 4, plays a role in the modulation of potassium flux.
(KCNJ5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The most common form is talipes equinovarus, where the deformed foot is turned downward and inward sharply.
(Clubfoot, NCI Thesaurus)
The marked inward movement of the muscles between the ribs during inhalation; they indicate that there is reduced pressure in the chest cavity and can be a sign of breathing difficulties.
(Intercostal Retractions, NCI Thesaurus)
