Meaning of headward | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Cutting backwards or upstream above the original source.
   not-comparable
2. Toward the head.
   not-comparable

Examples

“The highest, flattest, and smoothest part of Tibet (3 ) is the central, Oligo-Miocene plateau, mature but still sheltered, especially in the west, from headward erosion.”

“[View Larger Version of this Image (130K GIF file)] Discussion The martian landforms resemble terrestrial gullies, which form by a combination of processes, including overland flow, headward sapping (32 ), debris flow, and other mass movements (33 )--all processes that, on Earth, involve the action of water.”

“Even without the structures, there was a morphological feedback: As headward stream channels widened from lateral erosion, new floodplains developed that were lower, fine textured, and vegetated (Fig. 3 ), a condition noted in 1975 (2 ).”

“When lift is applied, forces are experienced which appear to the pilot as being applied from a headward direction, i.e., from head to toe.”

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