tailward

English

Etymology

tail +‎ -ward

Adjective

tailward (not comparable)

1. Toward the tail.
   • 2015, Jens Kleimann, Christian Röken, Horst Fichtner, Jacob Heerikhuisen, “Toward more realistic analytic models of the heliotail: Incorporating magnetic flattening via distortion flows”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     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.

Adverb

tailward (not comparable)

1. Toward the tail.