leeside
nounEtymology From lee + side.
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The side of something that provides the most shelter from some prevailing force such as wind, rain, waves, etc.
- Payload packaging considerations are of great importance and tend to favor low L/D vehicles since these have open leesides with good view factors for radiators and antennae (Ref. 33).1991, James Evans Lyne, Physiologically Constrained Aerocapture for Manned Mars Missions:
- The leeside slope angle of these dunes (Figure 19.8d) shows a wide spread from 1 to 58° (steeper than than the angle-of-repose probably due to intense eddying in the leeside), with a mean of 8.4°.2008, Avijit Gupta, Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management, →ISBN, page 405:
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- Therefore, in steady conditions, a mean wave set-up is established on the leeside of the structure.2015, Ping Wang, Julie D Rosati, Jun Cheng, Coastal Sediments 2015, →ISBN: