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sidecars

sidecars is the plural of sidecar.

Meaning of sidecar

Noun

sidecar (plural sidecars)

  1. A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.
  2. A cocktail made with cognac (or brandy), triple sec liqueur, and lemon juice.
    • Faux 19th-century bartenders in sleeve garters and baroque facial hair ply their trade in pre-Prohibition bars. Women wearing cloche hats order sidecars at speakeasies.2011 October 3, Wayne Curtis, “From Tiki to Tacky—and Back”, in The Atlantic
  3. A software component that runs in a separate process from the rest of the software, to provide isolation and encapsulation.
    • Using generic sidecars for multiple microservices may introduce functionality overhead.Ali Heydarimoghaddam, Microservices Design Patterns (page 83)

Questions about sidecars

What is sidecars the plural of?
Sidecars is the plural of sidecar.

Words near sidecars in the dictionary

  1. sidecar file
  2. sidecar files
  3. sidecarcross
  4. sidecarist
  5. sidecarists
  6. sidecars
  7. sidecast
  8. sidecasted
  9. sidecasting
  10. sidecasts
  11. sidechain

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