"antispinward" meaning in All languages combined

See antispinward on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˌæntiːˈspɪnwɜ(ɹ)d/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antispinward.wav Forms: more antispinward [comparative], most antispinward [superlative]
Etymology: From anti- + spin + -ward. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|anti|spin|ward}} anti- + spin + -ward Head templates: {{en-adv}} antispinward (comparative more antispinward, superlative most antispinward)
  1. (often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin. Tags: often Categories (topical): Science fiction
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          "ref": "1978, Galileo: Magazine of Science & Fiction, Boston, Mass.: Avenue Victor Hugo Publishers, page 77:",
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          "text": "Edna's language was peppered with the unfamiliar. You found your way around a spinning space habitat by going spinward or antispinward or axisward ...",
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