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Vertical or inclined passage through which objects move by gravity
A chute is a vertical or inclined plane, channel, or passage through which objects are moved by means of gravity. A chute, also known as a race, flume
Chute_(gravity)
Topics referred to by the same term
up chute in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chute or Chutes, may refer to: Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided Chute (landform)
Chute
Shallow channel cut by water
growing and eroding the landscape more rapidly with time. Aqueduct Chute (gravity) Flume Gully Leat Ravine Valley Pedosphere Zanja Madre Fullen, M.A.
Rill
Structure for controlled release of flows from a dam or levee
where building a spillway with the required capacity would be costly. A chute spillway is a common and basic design that transfers excess water from behind
Spillway
Ports and harbors of the United States
anchored ships, but this was a slow process. By 1860 a gravity chute called an apron or slide chute was developed. It consisted of an A-frame on the bluff
Dog-hole_ports
Dam in Wide Bay-Burnett region, Queensland, Australia
The Paradise Dam, also known as the Burnett River Dam, is a gravity dam across the Burnett River, located between Coringa and Good Night northwest of
Paradise_Dam_(Queensland)
dark rides, rollercoasters, transport rides, or water rides. In gravity rides, gravity is responsible for all or some of the movement where any vertical
List_of_amusement_rides
Dam in Gonghe, Qinghai, China
(850 ft) and 280-metre-long (920 ft) chutes. Downstream discharges are also controlled by a similar single-chute middle outlet and the lower outlet works
Longyangxia_Dam
even number of opposing inclined chutes (the riffles), with each chute having the same width. The recommended chute width should be at least 2.5× the
Riffle_splitter
Machines that separate items by colours
as it moves horizontally on the belt. In the chute type, material slides on the chute because of gravity, causing collision, friction, and larger vertical
Colour_sorter
Dam in Central Victoria, Australia
The Maroondah Dam is a gravity dam across the Watts River, located near Healesville, in the Central region of Victoria, Australia. Completed in 1927,
Maroondah_Dam
Tactical military airlift delivery method
in the aircraft center of gravity caused by the pallet movement. While the pallet slides to a stop using the extraction chutes as a brake, the pilot climbs
Low-altitude parachute-extraction system
Low-altitude_parachute-extraction_system
Topics referred to by the same term
A flume is a man-made gravity chute for water, with raised walls. Flume or The Flume may also refer to: Flume (musician), an Australian electronic musician
Flume_(disambiguation)
Nuclear bomb
The B61 nuclear bomb is the primary thermonuclear gravity bomb in the United States Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War. It is a low-to-intermediate
B61_nuclear_bomb
Topics referred to by the same term
storage container used to dispense granular materials through the use of a chute to restrict flow, sometimes assisted by mechanical agitation Hopper (particulate
Hopper
Dam in Marathon
The Marathon Dam is a gravity dam on the Charadros River, near its junction with the Varnavas Stream, 8 km (5 mi) west of Marathon and 45 km (28 mi) northeast
Marathon_Dam
Aviation term for a corkscrew downward path
Mechanics, January 1936 note—drawing of anti-spin chute in P-26 for reference only. In actuality, anti-spin chute must be located in extreme end of tail—i.e
Spin_(aerodynamics)
Human-made channel for water
is a human-made channel for water, in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to
Flume
Inflatable slide for emergency aircraft evacuation
War II life vest, the "Mae West". The patent for the inflatable escape chute assembly was submitted by Boyle in 1954 and the designs was patented in
Evacuation_slide
Future NASA mission to Titan
atmosphere and low gravity, the drogue chute phase should last for 80 minutes. A larger main parachute is to replace the drogue chute when the descent speed
Dragonfly_(Titan_space_probe)
Skydiving competition
Newton's laws, they are significant when dealing with air resistance. "K.L. en Chute". Paramag, Le magazine online. Retrieved 30 January 2021. "World Records:
Speed_skydiving
Organ gun
was fired by pulling a lever back and forth and ammunition was gravity fed through chutes for each barrel. It was produced in a number of different calibres
Nordenfelt_gun
Device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere
avert, defend, resist, guard, shield or shroud, from paro = to parry, and chute, the French word for fall, to describe the aeronautical device's real function
Parachute
Italian transatlantic ocean liner
ship's descent down the long launch ramp caused the bow to press against the chute itself as the stern hit the water. This may have caused a crack somewhere
SS_Principessa_Jolanda_(1907)
Hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in the Snowy Mountains, Australia
Concrete chute Tantangara Dam 1960 Tantangara Reservoir 254,099 55,894 67,126 45 m (148 ft) 216 m (709 ft) Concrete gravity Concrete chute Tooma Dam
Snowy_Mountains_Scheme
Term in fluid dynamics
the parachute lines extend the canopy beyond the reverse flow region, the chute can fail to inflate and thus collapse. Parachutes deployed into wakes suffer
Wake_(physics)
Dam in Guangyuan
The Baozhusi Dam is a gravity dam on the Bailong River, located 23 km (14 mi) northwest of Guangyuan in Sichuan Province, China. Construction on the dam
Baozhusi_Dam
Coal processing plant which breaks coal into various sizes
beneath them. Gravity separators – One example of a gravity separator is the "Herring separator". This separator consisted of an inclined chute with a rough
Coal_breaker
Municipal ski area in Camden, Maine
toboggan chute, which terminates on frozen Hosmer Pond. The toboggan chute is the country's only remaining original, gravity-operated wooden chute of its
Camden_Snow_Bowl
Science museum in Western Australia
The Gravity Discovery Centre and Observatory is a "hands-on" science education, astronomy, Aboriginal culture and tourist centre, situated on the site
Gravity_Discovery_Centre
Dam in New South Wales, Australia
The Wyangala Dam is a major gated embankment and gravity dam across the Lachlan River, located in the south-western slopes region of New South Wales,
Wyangala_Dam
Fastest curve descent without friction
notes (21) and (22). ISBN 978-0-521-20103-2. Dubois, Jacques (1991). "Chute d'une bille le long d'une gouttière cycloïdale; Tautochrone et brachistochrone;
Brachistochrone_curve
Railway wagons for transportation of bulk goods
self-discharge equipment and high chute (hopper wagon) Saddle-bottomed wagons are large-volume hoppers are exclusively unloaded by gravity and are therefore classed
Open_wagon
American skier, mountaineer, and activist (born 1985)
she became the first woman and fourth skier to ski all 90 lines of the Chuting Gallery, a series of skiing slopes in the Wasatch Mountains. She summited
Caroline_Gleich
Solid propellant rocket used by the Space Shuttle
cutters), the main chute reefing lines are cut and the chutes inflate to their second reefed and full open configurations. The main chute cluster decelerates
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster
Dam in Uva Province
volume of approximately 50,000 m3 (1,800,000 ft3), and consists of three chute spillways, allowing a combined discharge of up to 2,828 m3/s (99,900 cu ft/s)
Uma_Oya_Hydropower_Complex
Roller coaster at Cedar Point
months. The coaster would have replaced the Aquaman SplashDown shoot the chute water ride and other surrounding infrastructure. The Mexico City government
Siren's_Curse
Device to move liquid or granular materials
trailers into grain storage bins (from where it is later removed by gravity chutes at the bottom). A grain auger may be powered by an electric motor; a
Screw_conveyor
American gravity railroad (established 1826)
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Gravity Railroad (D&H Gravity Railroad; D&HGRR) was a gravity railroad incorporated and chartered in 1826. It had
Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad
Delaware_and_Hudson_Gravity_Railroad
Dam in Snowy Mountains, New South Wales
Tantangara Dam is a major ungated concrete gravity dam with concrete chute spillway across the Murrumbidgee River in Tantangara, upstream of Adaminaby
Tantangara_Dam
Dam in Salamanca, Spain
The Aldeadávila Dam is a Spanish concrete arch-gravity dam, straddling the border between Spain and Portugal on the Duero River (Douro in Portuguese)
Aldeadávila_Dam
Action sport of exiting an aircraft and returning to Earth using a parachute
methods of descending from altitude to the surface using the power of gravity, and a parachute. The three phases of parachuting are freefall, parachute
Parachuting
Business jet in the US
the aircraft centre of gravity and minimizes weathervaning when the chute is deployed under crosswind conditions. The drag chute has been deployed in a
Learjet_25
American high-yield nuclear gravity bomb
chute, one 16-foot (4.88 m) extractor chute, and three 48-foot (14.63 m) main chutes. Chute deployment depends on delivery mode, with the main chutes
B53_nuclear_bomb
Dam in Zunyi, Guizhou Province
two of which flank the power house and are ski-jump chute type while the other four are chutes as well and over-top the power house. The design discharge
Wujiangdu_Dam
Structure for storing crops
the atmosphere during the initial forage loading, and even the unloader chute is sealed against air infiltration. It would be expensive to design such
Silo
Equipment that combines various ingredients to form concrete
the aggregate bin, as well as from the aggregate batcher to the charge chute. The aggregate batcher, also named aggregate bins, is used for storage and
Concrete_plant
Device that combines cement, aggregate, and water to form concrete
may go onto chutes to guide the viscous concrete directly to the job site. If the truck cannot get close enough to the site to use the chutes, the concrete
Concrete_mixer
Automated sorting of solid products using cameras or lasers
of their product, freefall sorters (also called waterfall or gravity-fed sorters), chute-fed, sorters or belt sorters are more ideal. These more sophisticated
Optical_sorting
Dam in Tamil Nadu, India
Type of dam Gravity dam Height 118 ft (36 m) Height (foundation) 150 ft (46 m) Length 9,268 ft (2,825 m) Spillways 7 Spillway type Chute Reservoir Creates
Manimuthar_Dam
Equivalent weight that balances a mechanical system
beam, counterweight, frame, guide chute, and sling. After the counterweight drops from a platform on the frame, gravity pulls the counterweight and pivots
Counterweight
Variant of skydiving
reduce their air speed. The pilot then reaches back and throws a pilot chute to initiate the parachute deployment sequence. The parachute is flown to
Wingsuit_flying
Dam on the Rio Grande in New Mexico, United States
Butte Dam or Elephant Butte Dike, originally Engle Dam, is a concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, in the United
Elephant_Butte_Dam
Borough in Pennsylvania, United States
& Navigation Company (LC&N). The town would be the lower terminus of a gravity railroad, the Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk Railroad, which would bring coal
Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania
Facility used to load coal into steam locomotives
the railway tracks, from which the coal could be released to slide down a chute into the waiting locomotive's coal storage area. The method of lifting the
Coaling_tower
Component of many steam powered machines
mounted behind the hand brake column. The crushed coal then fell by gravity into a chute which led to a receiving bin that was fitted below the back buffer
Mechanical_stoker
Swiss luxury watch manufacturer
repeaters. In 1783, invented the Breguet hands. In 1790, invented the Pare-chute, one of the world's first shock protection systems. In 1795, invented the
Breguet_(brand)
Cold War-era American supersonic bomber
decelerate. Yes, it used a drag chute upon touch down, but that was not peculiar to the B-58. Both B-47s and B-52s also used drag chutes. This is because, unlike
Convair_B-58_Hustler
Sortation system consisting of a chain of conveyor belts
sorter does not rely on gravity to discharge items, such as a tilt-tray. This means ejection is better controlled and reliable. Chute density: Divert points
Cross_belt_sorter
Dam in Kaleshwaram, Bhupalpally, Telangana, India
(Stabilisation of existing ayacut)[clarification needed] 1. Gravity Canal - 1,531 km 2. Gravity Tunnel - 203 km 3. Pressure Mains / Delivery Mains - 98 km
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
Kaleshwaram_Lift_Irrigation_Project
Dam in Himachal Pradesh, India
sea level. The dam's spillway is located on its southern bank and is a chute-type controlled by six radial gates. Its maximum discharge capacity is 12
Pong_Dam
2022 mass shooting in Texas, U.S.
Journal. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2022. Chute, Nate (June 21, 2022). "74 minutes, 8 seconds: Inside the police response
Uvalde_school_shooting
Water park in Alberta, Canada
The former FlowRider surf simulator, viewed from the waterslide tower. A small portion of the former Corkscrew chute is seen.
World_Waterpark
Mechanism for unloading railroad cars
car together to dump out the contents. Because hopper cars require sloped chutes in order to direct the contents to the bottom dump doors (hatches) for unloading
Rotary_car_dumper
Spinning and battling tops
with both a "High" and "Low" mode, intended to shift the top's center of gravity. High Mode is more aggressive and is easier to knock over. Low Mode is
Beyblade
1970 accident involving an F-106 of the US Air Force
spin. The pilot, First Lieutenant Gary Foust, deployed the aircraft's drag chute as a last resort while attempting to recover. When it failed, Foust ejected
Cornfield_Bomber
Cold War-era American jet bomber
medium power. On the ground, the pilots used the 32-foot "brake chute". The brake chute could be deployed to stop the aircraft from "porpoising", or bouncing
Boeing_B-47_Stratojet
Dam in Tenom, Sabah, Malaysia
metres (272 ft) Elevation at crest 404 metres (1,325 ft) Spillway type Chute Tenom Pangi Hydroelectric Power Plant Type Run-of-the-river Turbines 3 Francis
Tenom_Pangi_Dam
Dam in Santarém District, Portugal
Castelo do Bode Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Zêzere River, a tributary of the Tagus River, located southeast of Tomar and north of Constância
Castelo_do_Bode_Dam
Imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material
sand down a plastic chute can transfer charge, which can be measured using a multimeter connected to metal foil lining the chute at intervals, and can
Static_electricity
Truck which can tip its bed, dumping its contents
hauling grain, have swing-out doors for entering the box and a metering gate/chute in the center for a more controlled dumping. In the United States most standard
Dump_truck
(July 27, 2015). "Saving Spaceship Dragon – Software to provide contingency chute deploy". NASASpaceFlight.com. Archived from the original on February 17
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches
List of earliest railroads in North America
1764: Between 1762 and 1764, at the close of the French and Indian War, a gravity railroad (mechanized tramway) (Montresor's Tramway) was built by British
Oldest railroads in North America
Oldest_railroads_in_North_America
French mime artist (1923–2007)
French, Macmillan (2012), p. 141. Koechlin, Stephane. Michael Jackson – La chute de l'ange, Archipel (2009) e-bk. Clarity, James F. and Eric Pace (24 September
Marcel_Marceau
Weighing machine
the hoppers of this combination and the product falls, via a discharge chute, into a bagmaker or, alternatively, into a distribution system which places
Multihead_weigher
Machine that harvests grain crops
or had a small bin that stored the grain until it was transferred via a chute. In the U.S., Allis-Chalmers, Massey-Harris, International Harvester, Gleaner
Combine_harvester
Chinese version of the Soviet MiG-21
runway while landing at Ondangwa Airport, striking a security fence. A drag chute had failed to deploy. On 24 May 2022, two Iranian Air Force pilots were
Chengdu_J-7
Theme park in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
have come and gone in this area. The park's first water ride, the Mill Chute installed in 1929, was alongside the creek where Great Bear runs today.
Hersheypark
Dam in Cumberland County, North Carolina
The Hope Mills Dam, also known as Hope Mills Dam #1, is a concrete gravity dam on Little Rockfish Creek in Hope Mills, North Carolina, United States,
Hope_Mills_Dam
Kraemer in Darmstadt, Germany. The tablets are separated by a patented feeder chute and moved on a horizontal starwheel through different testing stations.
Tablet_hardness_testing
American stealth multirole fighter aircraft
modified for probe-and-drogue refueling if needed by the customer. A drag chute pod can be installed on the F-35A, with the Royal Norwegian Air Force being
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II
Water distribution structure in Olympia, West Greece Region, Greece
tapped streams from elevated terrain many miles away. The Romans built chutes, or aqueducts, that descended at a low gradient, crossing valleys on bridges
Nymphaeum_(Olympia)
July 2015). "Saving Spaceship Dragon – Software to provide contingency chute deploy". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018. Smedley, Jesse (18
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010–2019)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2010–2019)
Season of television series
December 24, 2015. Koblin, John (September 30, 2015). "'Survivor' Defies Gravity to Hang On as CBS Ratings Stalwart". The New York Times. Retrieved September
Survivor:_Cambodia
conveyor that uses a technique of tilting a tray at a chute to slide the object into the chute. Joe Attias, Tilt-tray Sorter Patrick M McGuire, Conveyors:
Tilt_tray_sorter
Semi-automatic carbine
simplicity of allowing a spent round to be replaced using assistance from gravity. The gun was made from half of a Villar-Perosa aircraft submachine gun
Beretta_M1918
1983 film by Mike Nichols
breath-taking turns, as he appears to ignore gravity and fly on his own, only to have him smash to earth when the chute doesn't open". Roger Ebert of the Chicago
Silkwood
in many different ways. They may have significantly stronger or weaker gravity on their surfaces, or have a particularly hot or cold climate. Both desert
Extrasolar_planets_in_fiction
Dam on the Jinsha River in China
The Guanyinyan Dam (Chinese: 观音岩水电站, lit. Guanyin Rock Dam) is a gravity dam on the Jinsha River 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Panzhihua on the border of
Guanyinyan_Dam
sorter towards a proper destination. Receptacles may be as simple as chutes, or gravity conveyors, or powered conveyors. There is a number of typical sorter
Sorter_(logistics)
Mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer (1664–1753)
Justice de Dieu sur la terre dans ces derniers jours et du relévement de la chûte de l'homme par son péché ("Plan of God's Justice upon the earth in these
Nicolas_Fatio_de_Duillier
Dam in Ankang, Shaanxi
The Ankang Dam is gravity dam on the Hanjiang (Han) River near Ankang in Shaanxi Province, China. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production
Ankang_Dam
mindmeld. Special guest stars: George Takei and Grace Lee Whitney. 45 3 "The Chute" 50156.2 Les Landau Story by : Clayvon C. Harris Teleplay by : Kenneth Biller
List of Star Trek: Voyager episodes
List_of_Star_Trek:_Voyager_episodes
British politician (born 1950)
Epstein was "shameful". She argued that Mandelson should have known the gravity of his relationship with Epstein and stepped down in the "national interest"
Harriet_Harman
Fictional depictions of aircraft
seriously concussed but otherwise escaped injury and he managed to open his chute in time. A Stearman C3R featured in the 1958 film No Place to Land directed
Aircraft_in_fiction
American comedian
Took His Rightful Place Among the Queens". Them. Retrieved 2025-11-06. Chute, Hillary. "Murray Hill at the Siren Music Festival". The Village Voice.
Murray_Hill_(performer)
Dam in Madhya Pradesh, India
The Project involved construction of a 92 m high and 653 m long concrete gravity dam. It provides irrigation to 1,230 square kilometres of land with annual
Indirasagar_Dam
Machine to move boats vertically between waterways
own sources The International Canal Monuments List ^ Three Gorges Dam Big Chute, Ontario – in fact an inclined plane Twin Ship Elevator Lüneburg – Technical
Boat_lift
Unreleased August 18, 2009 Unreleased November 14, 2008 PBR: Out of the Chute Totally Games Crave Entertainment 2008-10-28NA Unreleased October 28, 2008
List_of_Wii_games
Dam in Los Angeles County, California
gravity dam is 245 feet (75 m) high and 750 feet (230 m) long. Its spillway, located slightly north of the main structure, is a concrete-lined chute controlled
Morris_Dam
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name from Shute or Shewte in Devon, or possibly Shute in Wiltshire, named with Old English scīete ‘corner of land’.
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English : habitational name from any of several places in Hampshire and Wiltshire named with Chute, from Celtic cēd ‘wood’. Compare Welsh coed.Americanized form of German Schütt, a variant of Schütte (see Schutte).
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English
English : nickname for a dullard, from Middle English crot, crote ‘lump’, ‘clod’.
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Cute
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Muslim
Cute
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Knot.
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Polish
Polish form of Latin Constans, KONSTANTY means "steadfast."
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Race; Multitude
Surname or Lastname
English
English : Devon variant of Clough.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Blend of Daryl and Harold or Gerald
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Beautiful; Prior
Girl/Female
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Powerful
Girl/Female
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Name of a river
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Maya or Illusion; Goddess Durga
Boy/Male
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Half Moon; Crescent Moon which Rests on the Head of Shiva
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Dark
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n.
The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
n.
A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18.
n.
A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.
n.
The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.
n.
The quality or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity.
n.
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
n.
Same as Chute, or Shoot.
v. t.
See Choose.
a.
Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.
n.
A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.
n.
A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.
n.
Minced meat.
n.
A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
a.
Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.
a.
The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.
n.
Seriousness; gravity; discretion.
n.
See Shoot.
a.
Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning.
n.
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
adv.
Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.