Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tailward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tail-ward
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Toward the tail.

adv

Toward the tail.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From tail + -ward.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tail

Synonyms

caudally caudad

Questions

What does tailward mean?: Toward the tail.
Where does tailward come from?: From tail + -ward.

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