longward

English

Etymology

long +‎ -ward

Adjective

longward (comparative more longward, superlative most longward)

1. (physics, astronomy) Near, or oriented toward, the longer wavelengths of a range.
   • 2015, Nolan R. Walborn, Hugues Sana, Christopher J. Evans, William D. Taylor, Elena Sabbi, Rodolfo H. Barbá, Nidia I. Morrell, Jesús Maíz Apellániz, Alfredo Sota, Philip L. Dufton, Catherine M. McEvoy, J. Simon Clark, Nevena Markova, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, “Broad Balmer Wings in BA Hyper/Supergiants Distorted by Diffuse Interstellar Bands: Five Examples in the 30 Doradus Region from the VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     The profiles of both lines are extremely asymmetrical, which we have found to be caused by very broad diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in the longward wing of H$\beta$ and the shortward wing of H$\alpha$.

   • the H₂S band is centered slightly longward of the feature in the Quaoar spectrum.