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nearside

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nearside [ˈnɪəˌsaɪd]
n
1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (usually preceded by the) Chiefly Brit
a.  the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
b.  (as modifier) the nearside door Compare offside
2.
a.  the left side of an animal, team of horses, etc.
b.  (as modifier) the nearside flank
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nearside - the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb
side - an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Translations
nearside [ˈnɪəsaɪd] (Aut)
A. N (Brit) → lado m izquierdo; (most other countries) → lado m derecho
B. ADJ [door, verge, lane] (Brit) → de la izquierda; (most other countries) → de la derecha
nearside [ˈnɪərsaɪd]
n
[right-hand drive] → côté m gauche
[left-hand drive] → côté m droit
adj
(right-hand drive)de gauche
(left-hand drive)de droite
near-sighted [ˌnɪərˈsaɪtɪd] adjmyope
to be near-sighted → être myope
near-sightedness [ˌnɪərˈsaɪtɪdnɪs] nmyopie f
nearside [ˈnɪəˌsaɪd]
1. n (Aut) (right-hand drive) → lato sinistro; (left-hand drive) → lato destro
2. adj (see n) → sinistro/a; (XXX) → destro/a


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Nearly 400 years after Galileo viewed the moon's nearside through a telescope, scientists still know relatively little about the moon's hidden half- the hemisphere that always faces away from Earth.
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