OUTWARD-MOVING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outward-moving mean? 

• OUTWARD-MOVING (adjective)
  The adjective OUTWARD-MOVING has 1 sense:

1. moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve

  Familiarity information: OUTWARD-MOVING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTWARD-MOVING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve

Similar:

centrifugal (tending to move away from a center)

 Context examples 

Astronomers already had evidence that a supernova’s outward-moving shock wave can produce significant amounts of dust.

(Missing Link Between Supernovae and Planet Formation, NASA)

Until now, a key question was whether the new soot- and sand-like dust particles would survive the subsequent inward rebound shock wave generated when the first, outward-moving shock wave collides with surrounding interstellar gas and dust.

(Missing Link Between Supernovae and Planet Formation, NASA)