nightsiden.
/ˈnʌɪtsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌsaɪd/ 1. Astronomy. The side of a planet, etc., that is facing away from the sun and is therefore in darkness.
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the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > part of planet
terminator1661
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fascia1704
fibre1715
white spot1784
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polar cap1863
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regolith1897
tectonics1899
sediment ring1955
radiation belt1958
palaeo-radius1960
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1848 C. Crowe Night Side of Nature I. Pref. p. v The term ‘Night Side of Nature’ I borrow from the Germans, who derive it from the astronomers, the latter denominating that side of a planet which is turned from the sun, its night side.
1861 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 21 209 A slightly undulating ridge..passes into the night side of the Moon as a fine delicate line of light.
1914 J. R. Kippax Call of Stars 334 The day side of the Moon is exposed to the Sun's intense heat for a fortnight at a stretch,..the temperature of the night side of the Moon falling very low, perhaps to 200 or 250 below zero.
1930 Science 17 Oct. 407/2 The resulting temperature of the sub-solar point on the moon was 374° K, and for a point on the night-side, less than 120° K.
1951 A. C. Clarke Sands of Mars viii. 94 It was a live programme, beamed to Mars from somewhere on the night-side of Earth.
1974 Nature 4 Jan. 24/1 The orbit is near-polar with the north-going passes on the nightside at about 2230 LT, and the south-going passes on the dayside at about 1030 LT.
1992 Astron. Now July 13/3 Geotail [sc. a satellite] will stay in the Earth's nightside region for two and a half years.
2. The dark or evil aspect of a person or thing.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil and dark > [noun] > aspect
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society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > evil or dark > aspect
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offside1870
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] > making obscure > obscure part or place
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1848 C. Crowe (title) Night-side of nature: or ghosts and ghost-seers.
1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 101 The night-side of the soul.
1943 Amer. Econ. Rev. 33 389 Butler employs the figure to characterize the triumph of the Nazis as the victory of the ‘night-side’ of the ‘German soul.’
1973 G. Greene Honorary Consul v. iii. 285 Suppose the night-side of God swallows up the day-side altogether? Suppose it is the good side which withers away?
1992 M. Blonsky Amer. Mythologies (1993) xv. 343 It is this nightside that blind-sided French critic Jean Baudrillard when, in Paris, I asked him to read America.
3. North American. The members of the staff of a newspaper, radio station, etc., who work at night. Also: (more gen.) the night shift.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > gang of > types of
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night shift1839
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gashouse gang1886
nightside1903
1903 Typogr. Jrnl. 22 401/2 A vacancy occurring at the Journal office in the course of a year, he changed his base of action, and for three years worked on the night side.
1927 Amer. Speech 2 242/2 On papers having both morning and afternoon editions one also hears references to the two divisions of the staff as the ‘day side’ and the ‘night side’.
1954 ‘D. Collans’ & S. Sterling I was House Detective 108 B was careful to check in after four o'clock. when the night-side goes on duty.
1992 Broadcasting 27 Jan. 46/2 (advt.) Top-ranked station looking for strong nightside leadership.
1993 Vancouver Sun 5 Aug. b5 The new shift schedule is called day side/night side... It allows drivers to choose shifts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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