tailward

adj, adv — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From tail + -ward.

Toward the tail.

Both physical arguments and simulations of the global heliosphere indicate that the tailward heliopause is flattened considerably in the direction perpendicular to the large-scale interstellar magnetic field.2015, Jens Kleimann, Christian Röken, Horst Fichtner, Jacob Heerikhuisen, “Toward more realistic analytic models of the heliotail: Incorporating magnetic flattening via distortion flows”, in arXiv:

adv

Etymology From tail + -ward.

Toward the tail.

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