downbow

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English

Etymology

From down +‎ bow.

Pronunciation

Noun

downbow (plural downbows)

  1. (music) A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow downward or to the right across the instrument, moving its point of contact from the frog toward the tip of the bow.

Verb

downbow (third-person singular simple present downbows, present participle downbowing, simple past and past participle downbowed)

  1. (geology) To curve or arc downwards.
    • 1997, A. E. M. Nairn, A. S. Alsharhan, Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology of the Middle East:
      Slumps and sediment gravity flow could signify steepening of the slope resulting from tectonic downbowing of the continental margin.

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