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leeside en · NOUN

Etymology

From lee + side.

Meanings

1. The side of something that provides the most shelter from some prevailing force such as wind, rain, waves, etc.
   • The leeside slope angle of these dunes (Figure 19.8d) shows a wide spread from 1 to 58° (steeper than than the angle-of-repose probably due to intense eddying in the leeside), with a mean of 8.4°. 2008, Avijit Gupta, Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management, →ISBN, page 405:
   • Therefore, in steady conditions, a mean wave set-up is established on the leeside of the structure. 2015, Ping Wang, Julie D Rosati, Jun Cheng, Coastal Sediments 2015, →ISBN:
   • Payload packaging considerations are of great importance and tend to favor low L/D vehicles since these have open leesides with good view factors for radiators and antennae (Ref. 33). 1991, James Evans Lyne, Physiologically Constrained Aerocapture for Manned Mars Missions:

Forms

Translations (3)

da læside (side sheltered from the wind) · sv läsida (side sheltered from the wind) · pdt Schulinj (side sheltered from the wind)