Roundside
adv, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A curved or rounded side.
"Test the machine out as follows : Place a piece of rubber dam into the small base of the machine, and seat the flask roundside up into this base;"
- 1 To stay close to home or base, avoiding fieldwork.
"Wintertime a telegraph man had to roundside and overhaul equipment, unless the country happened to be the kind where the deep snows held off and let a post-hole digger get at his doings."
- 1 On the curved side. not-comparable
"For example, K values for cylinders settling roundside decrease as the length of the cylinder increases for a fixed cross-sectional area."
- 2 All around. not-comparable
"He said, 'Then you can do anything you want to me upside, downside, roundside. But remember I can't promise that I'll stay.'"
Example
More examples"For example, K values for cylinders settling roundside decrease as the length of the cylinder increases for a fixed cross-sectional area."
Etymology
From round + side.
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