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side-by-side en · ADJ

Etymology

From side + by + side.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Adjacent; juxtaposed.
   • The cylinder banks are at 60 deg. with the cylinders staggered to allow for side-by-side connecting rods on each crank. 1958 April 14, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
   • A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):

Forms

Antonyms

in tandem · tandem · end-to-end

Translations (9)

fa پهلو به پهلو (adjacent) · mi karapīpiti (adjacent) · mi upane (adjacent) · mi piti (adjacent) · fi rinnakkainen (adjacent) · fi viereinen (adjacent) · de nebeneinander (adjacent) · uz yonma-yon (adjacent) · br kichen-ha-kichen (adjacent)

side-by-side en · NOUN

Etymology

From side + by + side.

Meanings

1. A type of multipurpose off-highway utility vehicle, with four wheels, resembling a golf cart.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of side-by-side shotgun.
   alt of side-by-side shotgun
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of side-by-side rifle.
   alt of side-by-side rifle
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of side-by-side smoothbore (“a side-by-side musket (unrifled) longarm”).
   alt of side-by-side smoothbore

Forms

Coordinates

SUV · quad · ATV · four-wheeler · golf cart · XUV · over and under · CUV · all-terrain vehicle · quad bike

Hypernyms

weapon · smoothbore · firearm · rifle · shotgun · weapon · firearm · firearm · w:double rifle · double-barreled shotgun · weapon · vehicle

Relateds

SXS · SxS

Synonyms

UTV · utility task vehicle

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