Sideways-on

adj

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Adjective

1
Of a stance in which something is positioned at right angles to its expected orientation.
"In this paper we show that these shapes are often not spherical, being shorter in their 'head-on' contacts than in their 'sideways-on' contacts."

Example

"In this paper we show that these shapes are often not spherical, being shorter in their 'head-on' contacts than in their 'sideways-on' contacts."

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