Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The side or aspect presented by night; the dark, mysterious, ominous, or gloomy side.
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Examples
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The viewport filled with stars and the night-side of the planet below.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship.
Evil, Incarnate Heather McDougal 2008
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As the night-side of the planet slips by beneath me, it carries on the fringes of darkness the colors of a sunset on the clouds below.
Peggy Whitson: A Heroine of Science and Technology | Universe Today 2010
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Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship.
Archive 2008-09-01 Heather McDougal 2008
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Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The night-side satellite view also includes city lights as seen from orbit.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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The night-side satellite view also includes city lights as seen from orbit.
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So in the model, the night-side gridpoints experience no incoming shortwave, and the outgoing longwave is dependent on the temperature etc. of that grid-point at that time.
Gerry North's Suggested Reading on Climate Models « Climate Audit 2007
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