Downward
51downward spiral — noun A series of thoughts or actions which feeds back into itself, causing a situation to become progressively worse. It is worse than a vicious circle, which is self sustaining in its current state. Ant: rebound, upward spiral …
52downward sensory impulse — see reperception model of hallucinations …
53downward spiral — decline occurring in a vicious circle or negative cumulative causation …
54downward ventilation — ventilation of a building or room in which the outlets have places lower than those of the inlets …
55downward compatibility — ability of hardware or software to work like an older version …
56downward slide in the stock exchange — general decrease of the value of shares on the stock market, bear market …
57downward mobility — down′ward mobil′ity n. soc See under vertical mobility down′wardly mo′bile, adj …
58downward compatibility — See backward compatibility …
59downward compatible — When smaller or earlier models of a computer system can run the same software as larger or newer models. Also called backward compatible …
60downward change — A British expression of shifting the transmission to a lower gear. The North American term is downshift …