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sidestick en · NOUN

Etymology

From side + stick.

Meanings

1. A control joystick located beside the seat of the pilot.
   • The FDR showed that the captain immediately applied back pressure on his sidestick to arrest the pitch-down movement. The aircraft’s flight control system did not initially respond to the captain’s sidestick input, but after about 2 seconds the aircraft responded normally and the captain commenced recovery to the assigned altitude. During this 2-second period the aircraft descended about 150 ft. Overall, the aircraft descended 690 ft over 23 seconds before returning to FL370. 2011 December 19, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, “1.1.3 First in-flight upset (0442:27)”, in In-flight upset - 154 km west of Learmonth, WA, 7 October 2008, VH-QPA, Airbus A330-303, archived from the original on 05 May 2022, page 3:
2. (historical) A sloped or beveled piece of wood or metal placed against the side of a page that is being typeset, and locked in place by quoins.
   • Neither the sidestick nor the footstick should project beyond the other, as it will prevent the quoins from passing, and in unlocking will give a great deal of trouble. 1863, H. Morgan, A Dictionary of Terms Used in Printing, page 53:
   • In using common footsticks and sidesticks, however, the broad part of the sidestick would be at the top left-hand corner of the left side section of the forme, and the broad part of the footstick at the lower right-hand corner. 1884, John Southward, Practical Printing: A Handbook of the Art of Typography, page 138:
   • The sidesticks should be of the full length of the page, and abut against the headsticks on the outside of the form . 1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 330:

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