(prep.) Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.
(prep.) Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.
(prep.) Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
(adv.) In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.
(adv.) On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.
(adv.) In hell, or the regions of the dead.
(adv.) In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.
(adv.) In some part or page following.
Example Sentences:
Upwards
Definition:
(adv.) In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.
(adv.) In the upper parts; above.
(adv.) Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, a highly significant upward shift of the proliferating cell compartment was observed in the cancer group, resulting in a specific modification of the [3H]TDR labeling pattern in 6 of 17 specimens.
(2) Moments later, Strauss introduces the bold human character with an energetic, upwards melody which he titles "the climb" in the score.
(3) They also questioned why George Osborne and the Treasury failed to realise there was a potential issue earlier in the calculation process – pointing to recent upwards revisions of post-1995 gross national income by the UK’s own statistics watchdog.
(4) Here we present images of polydeoxyadenylate molecules aligned in parallel, with their bases lying flat on a surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and with their charged phosphodiester backbones protruding upwards.
(5) The authors decided to keep in this series only hips presenting with a very considerable upward displacement of the femoral head of type IV in Crowe, Maini and Ranawat's classification.
(6) In this study downward gaze was more severely disturbed than upward gaze.
(7) on, whereas palpation is only possible upward of 15 mm.
(8) Past measurements have shown that the intensity range is reduced at the extremes of the F0 range, that there is a gradual upward tilt of the high- and low-intensity boundaries with increasing F0, and that a ripple exists at the boundaries.
(9) We have the nuclear-related wealth, which captures the highly skilled and the affluent and the upwardly mobile.
(10) In the absence of glutamine the aggregate is readily dissociated following dilution of the extract; that is, velocity concaves upward as a function of increasing protein concentration.
(11) This contralateral defect involved the foot and extended upwards to end in a sensory level.
(12) Isolated frog retinas kept receptor side-upward in a moist chamber without perfusion showed the well-known slow PIII generated by the potassium decrease around receptors.
(13) Levels of alpha 1-antitrypsin (A 1-AT) showed marked season-related fluctuation patterns in Co children, the curves in E group children turned steeply upward from the third examination series on.
(14) The first eigenvector, when represented by grey scale maps depicting a pair of eyes, reveals that, as average threshold increases, the visual field rises and flattens, like an umbrella that, initially closed, is simultaneously opened and thrust upwards.
(15) UMLBs (n = 14) had no spontaneous activity and emitted bursts of action potentials that preceded rapid eye movements by approximately 6 ms. Parameters of the burst (duration and number of spikes) were highly correlated with parameters of the rapid eye movement (duration and amplitude of the upward displacement of the eyes).
(16) Put simply, there would have to be evidence that ultra-low oil prices are having only a temporary downward impact on inflation and have helped disguise upward pressure on wages caused by falling unemployment.
(17) With systole there is downward (caudal) flow of CSF in the aqueduct of Sylvius, the foramen of Magendie, the basal cisterns and the dorsal and ventral subarachnoid spaces while during diastole, upward (cranial) flow of CSF in these same structures is seen.
(18) During the operation an upward looping PICA was found crossing and tightly compressing the exit zone of the right facial nerve.
(19) After upward transposition of the anterior lamella, the excised skin is very suitable for covering the free tarsal surface.
(20) Assuming no future environmental or lifestyle changes, the upward trend in age-adjusted mortality rates, which averaged 2 to 3% per annum since 1950, is projected to discontinue and bend downward by the second decade of the 21st century.