Meaning of antispinward | Babel Free

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In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.

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Examples

“To antispinward was the largest mountain men had ever seen.”

“My fathers and mothers tell⟳ that we have⟳ been moving to antispinward since they were little. They remember⟳ that they had to go around a great sea, but they did not come⟳ too close⟳, because the beasts would not eat⟳ the plants that grow⟳ around the shore.”

“Laura imagined that he would expect⟳ them to flee⟳ along the beams, and she watched his narrow face⟳ searching the impenetrable shadows antispinward of where they hid.”

“Edna's language was peppered with the unfamiliar. You found your way around a spinning space habitat by going spinward or antispinward or axisward ...”

“antispinward adv. in or toward the opposite direction that something (a space station, galaxy, etc.) is rotating.”

“"[…] You would fall⟳ against the anti-spinward wall and slide⟳ down along that wall until you hit the floor ..." / "Whoa, whoa, whoa ..." Lars interrupted. "Anti-spinward? What in the world?" / "Moving in the same direction as the Station's direction of spin⟳ is considered spinward. Moving in the direction opposite the spin⟳ is considered anti-spinward. You sound⟳ like⟳ a boy asking what one does with his hands when the rollercoaster car leaves the track."”

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