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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|long|ward}}.

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# {{lb|en|physics|astronomy}} Near, or oriented toward, the [[longer]] [[wavelength]]s of a range.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2015|date=|author=Nolan R. Walborn; Hugues Sana; Christopher J. Evans; William D. Taylor; Elena Sabbi; Rodolfo H. Barbá; Nidia I. Morrell; Jesús Maíz Apellániz; Alfredo Sota; Philip L. Dufton; Catherine M. McEvoy; J. Simon Clark; Nevena Markova; Krzysztof Ulaczyk|title=Broad Balmer Wings in BA Hyper/Supergiants Distorted by Diffuse Interstellar Bands: Five Examples in the 30 Doradus Region from the VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey|journal=arXiv|url=http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.03021|doi=|volume=|issue=|pages=
|passage=The profiles of both lines are extremely asymmetrical, which we have found to be caused by very broad diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in the '''longward''' wing of H<math>\beta</math> and the shortward wing of H<math>\alpha</math>. }}
#* the H<sub>2</sub>S band is centered slightly '''longward''' of the feature in the Quaoar spectrum.