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What does downwards mean?

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Adverb
  1. Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
  2. Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.
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Fault displacement varies and diminishes downwards and upwards from a central zone where the throw is highest.
There was a faint scar that sloped gently downwards from her index finger to her little finger.
If the drift downwards continues there would be a substantial erosion of pension funds in Ireland, he said.
For once the average age is plummeting downwards to late teens, early twenties.
They'd started moving downwards when the sounds of shouting, feet, and equipment jangling drifted up.
The first lagoon is situated at the top of the hill and the system of lagoons progresses downwards along the contours of the land.

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