单词 | dayside |
释义 | daysiden.adj. A. n. 1. The side of a planet that is facing the sun and is therefore in daylight, esp. in phrase on the dayside. Cf. nightside n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > part of planet terminator1661 belt1665 fascia1704 fibre1715 white spot1784 dayside1827 nightside1848 albedo1860 north pole1861 polar cap1863 core1882 regolith1897 tectonics1899 sediment ring1955 radiation belt1958 palaeo-radius1960 space needle1961 soil1967 society > communication > journalism > working practices and conditions > [noun] > division of newspaper's day staff dayside1827 1827 Mechanics' Mag. 1 Sept. 109/2 It follows that the resistance of fluid in the direction BC on the right side of the planet, is greater than on the day side BI next the sun. 1863 A. H. Dick Compend. Math. Geogr. xii. 186 The upper hemisphere shows the day side of the earth at mid-day of the given place. 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. 1963 Daily Tel. 20 May 26/4 He could see the larger stars on the ‘dayside’ of the Earth if he kept both sunshine and earthshine out of his capsule window. 2005 R. J. Sawyer Mindscan xiii. 89 I watched as the nightside part of Earth—lenticular in this perspective, like a cat's black pupil abutting the blue crescent of the dayside—kissed the gray lunar horizon. 2. North American. The day shift; the employees who work during the day shift. Frequently with reference to the staff of a newspaper. Cf. nightside n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > spell of work or duty > other types of shift day shift1842 dayside1899 graveyard shift1907 multiple shift1921 twilight shift1970 late1975 1899 Typographical Jrnl. 1 Mar. 209/2 William Macdirmaid is superintendent of the World-Herald, W. C. Boyer being foreman on the day side, and William Scott 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’. 1968 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 12 Nov. 14/2 Engine assemblers and testers walked off the job because the company added 16 extra men to the night shift to speed up production, which was lagging behind the dayside. 1980 Washington Post 20 Jan. (Mag. section) 8/3 At 11:30 he dropped it into the city desk basket and went home, thinking that the dayside would get a kick out of it. 1997 Vancouver Sun 5 Nov. g2 The early arrivals on the Post-press staff are examining the computer printouts from dayside. B. adj. 1. North American. Of or relating to the day shift; that works or is performed during the day. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [adjective] > belonging to working day workday1516 workaday1554 dayside1918 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [adjective] > performed by day dayside1918 1918 Amer. Printer 5 Aug. 52/1 Watson B. Laughton is now in charge of the ‘dayside’ cylinder pressrooms... William Clark has charge of the night force. 1936 Nevada State Jrnl. 17 Oct. 10/4 Short was the dayside bar-tender at the Ship. 1979 Washington Post 8 Jan. d11/1 Postal clerks who sort mail for Zone 11 on the midnight shift..missed the big dayside collection. 2004 Hartford (Connecticut) Mag. July 50/2 Cheng puts together stories for the early-evening news shows..in much less time than a ‘dayside’ reporter. 2. Of or relating to the side of a planet that is in daylight. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > [adjective] > part regolithic1897 dayside1935 tectonical1939 1935 Astounding Stories Feb. 69 While the night-side life of Venus can eat and digest that of the day side, the reverse is not true. No day-side creature can absorb the dark life because of the presence of various metabolic alcohols, all poisonous. 1981 Sci. Amer. July 46/3 The large-scale rotation of the atmosphere with the planet [sc. earth] carries the heated day-side upper atmosphere to the night side of the planet. 2011 M. Carroll Drifting on Alien Winds ix. 174 In the upper atmosphere [of Uranus], the north pole—hidden in darkness—was actually warmer than the day-side pole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1827 |
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