sunward

[ suhn-werd ]

adverb

1. Also sunwards. toward the sun.

adjective

1. directed toward the sun.

sunward

/ ˈsʌnwəd /

adjective

1. directed or moving towards the sun

adverb

1. a variant of sunwards

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunward¹

First recorded in 1605–15; sun + -ward

Example Sentences

Gazing sunward without eye protection can permanently damage your eyes.

From Seattle Times

VRO may permit astronomers to fulfil a long-time dream: find a comet long before it plunges sunward for the first time in its existence.

From National Geographic

As the comet continued its sunward voyage and absorbed more energy from our star, its trailing tail of escaping gas and dust correspondingly grew.

From Scientific American

"Oil prices are struggling to further rise because of lingering concerns over a sluggish recovery in China's economy and fuel demand," said Chiyoki Chen, chief analyst at Sunward Trading.

From Reuters

The first spacecraft to travel to a Lagrange point was NASA’s International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 mission, which launched in 1978 and went to L1, a point on the sunward side of Earth.

From Scientific American