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Topside vs Topsider - What's the difference?

topside | topsider |

As nouns the difference between topside and topsider

is that topside is the side or part of something that is at the top while topsider is a boat shoe.

As an adjective topside

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

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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    topsider

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boat shoe

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