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Topside vs Fillet - What's the difference?

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In construction|lang=en terms the difference between topside and fillet

is that topside is (construction) the structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation while fillet is (construction) a heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.

As nouns the difference between topside and fillet

is that topside is the side or part of something that is at the top while fillet is a headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.

As an adjective topside

is (nautical) above decks, such as on the weather deck or bridge.

As a verb fillet is

to slice, bone or make into fillets.

topside

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The side or part of something that is at the top.
  • * 1964 March 12, C. D. Watkins, Reaching the upper ionosphere by radar'', '' , page 686,
  • Yet the topside exerts significant control over the lower ionosphere and hence also has an indirect effect on long-range radio comunications.
  • * 1990 , Kenneth Davies, Ionospheric Radio , page 261,
  • These sounders have produced a wealth of information not only about the distribution of electrons in the topside but also about the response of plasma when the transmitter is embedded in it.
  • * 2006 , Bharat Bhushan (editor), Springer, Handbook of Nanotechnology , Volume 2, page 1617,
  • The rotor underside also exhibits a higher coefficient of microscale friction than the rotor topside and stator, as shown in Table 50.6.
  • * 2008 , Shan-Ben Chen, Jing Wu, Intelligentized Methodology for Arc Welding Dynamical Processes , Springer, page 40,
  • The composite filter system includes topside' and backside light path with different filter[s]. The ' topside image of [the] weld pool is formed by the illumination from arc emission in the spectral window of 100-200 nm.
  • * 2008 , Carol Fenster, 1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes , page 480,
  • Place one cake layer on a serving plate, topside' down; spread evenly with the pineapple filling. Top with the second cake layer, ' topside up.
  • (nautical) The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line.
  • * 1978 , US General Accounting Office, Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States , Issue 58, page 793,
  • We believe that the failure of Sun Ship to submit a bid for topside' work had no effect on the price, quality, quantity or time of performance of any contract to be awarded for the combination of drydock and ' topside work covered in the firm?s bid for Lot III.
  • (construction) The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure.
  • * 1997 , P. J. Dowling, B. A. Burgan, Steel structures in the new millennium'', P. K. K. Lee (editor), ''Structures in the New Millennium , page 11,
  • Future plans are for tripod designs in up to 90m of water, supporting lightweight topsides and braced mono towers for marginal field developments.
  • (construction) The structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation.
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand) The outer side of a round of beef.
  • * 2004 , Z. Farah, A. Fischer (editors), Milk and Meat from the Camel: Handbook on Products and Processing , page 116,
  • To detach the round bone, the biggest muscle of the round, the topside', must first be removed. This is done by cutting down to the round bone in a layer of connective tissue which separates the ' topside from the nuggle.
  • * 2008 , Leanne Kitchen, The Butcher , Murdoch Books, page 27,
  • Slow roasting is better for lean or not so tender cuts such as topside or whole bolar blade, which are not suitable to be cooked very pink.
  • * 2012 , Graham Dodgshun, Michel Peters, David O?Dea, Cambridge University Press, 6th Edition, Cookery for the Hospitality Industry , page 384,
  • It is removed from its attachment to the silverside along the natural seam, and from the topside by a straight cut along the line of the femur bone.

    See also

    * silverside

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (nautical) Above decks, such as on the weather deck or bridge.
  • References

    * FM 55-501: Marine Crewman?s Handbook, US Army Doctrine and Training Publications.

    Anagrams

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    fillet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.iii:
  • In secret shadow, farre from all mens sight: / From her faire head her fillet she vndight, / And laid her stole aside.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • A fillet binds her hair.
  • * 1970 , John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse , Mew York 2007, p. 42:
  • She was talking of Raymond Duncan, a walking absurdity who dressed in an ancient handwoven Greek costume and wore his hair in long braids reaching to his waist, adding, on ceremonial occasions, a fillet of bay-leaves.
  • A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
  • (construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
  • (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
  • A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
  • (architecture) A thin flat moulding/molding used as separation between larger mouldings.
  • (architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.
  • (heraldry) An ordinary equally in breadth one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
  • The thread of a screw.
  • A border of broad or narrow lines of colour or gilt.
  • * '>citation
  • The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
  • Any scantling smaller than a batten.
  • (anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
  • The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
  • Antonyms

    * (rounded outside edge) round

    Synonyms

    * (a boneless cut of meat) filet

    Derived terms

    * chicken fillet

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To slice, bone or make into fillets.
  • To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.
  • Synonyms

    * (make into fillets) bone, debone