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outerside

outerside noun: an outward side; outside surface.

Noun

outerside (plural outersides)

  1. (dated) An outward side; outside surface.
    • Upperparts of back and tail and outerside of legs a reddish brown grey with a silvery tinge, turning towards the nape to a rich red;1885, Hermann Schlegel, Fredericus Anna Jentink, Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum - Volumes 7-8, page 101
    • Metanotum shining, indistinctly punctured at the base in the centre, the sides closely punctured; the areola large, obliquely narrowed at the base, its apex open, there are 2 lateral areas, both widely open at the base on the outerside; the posterior median area bears about 10 stout, transverse...1906, Records of the Albany Museum - Volume 1, page 314

Adjective

outerside (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Outside.
    • Except for turnings with a deflated rear tire as an outerside tire, difference in the performance is small between fixed control and manual control.1974, Shoichi Sano, “Steering and Handling Characteristics of a Vehicle when Fail-safe Tire is Deflated”, in Fifth International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles, page 909
    • Fig. 13 shows that is increased if the three blades are added on the outerside surface of the duct which has already been installed with four blades on upper and lower sides.1985, Paper

Examples of outerside in a sentence

  • In the male each palpal tibia shows a long narrow apophysis on the outerside.1913, A. Randell Jackson, “On the British Spiders of the Genus Microneta”, in Transactions of the Natural History Society of...
  • The slide moves along the outersides of the sight leaf.1917, William Henry Waldron, The Infantry Soldier's Handbook, page 87:
  • a side wall extending around said base, said side wall including an outerside surface defining sides of said case;1999, Hans Umiker, “5967306: Stackable Bottle Case”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 2449:

Forms of outerside

pluraloutersides

Origin of outerside

From outer + side.

Questions about outerside

What does outerside mean?
Outerside means an outward side; outside surface.
How do you use outerside in a sentence?
In the male each palpal tibia shows a long narrow apophysis on the outerside.
What part of speech is outerside?
Outerside can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of outerside?
The plural of outerside is outersides.

Words near outerside in the dictionary

  1. outerplanar
  2. outerplanarity
  3. outers
  4. outershell
  5. outershells
  6. outerside
  7. outersides
  8. outersole
  9. outersoles
  10. outerthickness
  11. outerthicknesses

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