Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The surface of a ship's hull above the water line.
  • noun The highest position of authority.
  • adverb & adjective On or to the upper parts of a ship; on deck.
  • adverb & adjective In a position of authority.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The top side; the upper part.
  • noun Specifically, the upper part of a ship's sides; the side of a ship above the water-line: commonly in the plural.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The side or part of something that is at the top.
  • noun nautical The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line.
  • noun construction The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure.
  • noun construction The structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation.
  • noun UK, Australia, New Zealand The outer side of a round of beef.
  • adjective nautical Above decks, such as on the weather deck or bridge.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline

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Examples

  • On the few occasions when I get topside from the mineshafts, I've been seeing little blips of light that might fortell some kind of activity over your way in the Galaxy.

    Calgon, Take Me Away 2005

  • From here, there is a risk for the start of a pullback, but a break and daily close back below 1.3765 will be required to confirm and officially relieve short-term topside pressures.

    unknown title 2011

  • As such, we look for a near-term topside failure and break back below short-term support at 1.5170 to put the pressure back on the downside and re-open a test of critical support by 1.4780.

    Currency Trading News by DailyFX 2010

  • As such, we look for a near-term topside failure and break back below 1.4970 to put the pressure back on the downside and re-open a test of critical support by 1.4780.

    Currency Trading News by DailyFX Joel Kruger 2010

  • As such, we look for a near-term topside failure and break back below 1.4970 to put the pressure back on the downside and re-open a test of critical support by 1.4780.

    Currency Trading News by DailyFX Joel Kruger 2010

  • As such, we look for a near-term topside failure and break back below short-term support at 1.5045 to put the pressure back on the downside and re-open a test of critical support by 1.4780.

    Currency Trading News by DailyFX Joel Kruger 2010

  • As such, we look for a near-term topside failure and break back below short-term support at 1.5170 to put the pressure back on the downside and re-open a test of critical support by 1.4780.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • As such, we look for a near-term topside failure and break back below short-term support at 1.5170 to put the pressure back on the downside and re-open a test of critical support by 1.4780.

    Currency Trading News by DailyFX Joel Kruger 2010

  • As such, we look for a near-term topside failure and break back below short-term support at 1.5170 to put the pressure back on the downside and re-open a test of critical support by 1.4780.

    Currency Trading News by DailyFX Joel Kruger 2010

  • As such, we look for a near-term topside failure and break back below short-term support at 1.5170 to put the pressure back on the downside and re-open a test of critical support by 1.4780.

    Currency Trading News by DailyFX Joel Kruger 2010

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