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underside

[uhn-der-sahyd] / ˈʌn dərˌsaɪd /
NOUN
lower side
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The fire service also warned drivers not to park on dry grass as the underside of vehicles can reach over 400C.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Every humpback has a pattern on the underside of their tail -- or fluke -- that is unique "like a human fingerprint", Castro said.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Scientists discovered that the shape of the underside of the ice shelf strongly affects how seawater circulates below it.

From Science Daily May 10, 2026

Ajinomoto, the Japanese food company best known for commercializing monosodium glutamate, used its chemistry knowledge to make a specialized film used in the underside layer of a chip alongside T-glass.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 8, 2026

But the pressure was too weak, so that instead the water slid soundlessly down the underside of the shell where opportunistic slime hung in dripping points, like stalactites in a limestone cave.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Analysis has shown Punk and Emo had smooth undersides, indicating they likely lived on the seabed.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2025

Aescape has heated “hands,” which look like giant pads with touch points on their undersides.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2024

More walnuts — this time sliced so that their intricate innards are revealed as crisp cross-sections — are attached to the undersides of the beveled-glass tops of coffee tables, like specimens captured on microscope slides.

From New York Times May 11, 2024

Certain species, like the pythons, have specialized muscles that connect their ribs directly to their skin, allowing them to use just the skin on their undersides to push against the ground and move forward.

From Slate Mar. 8, 2024

I walked home under gray clouds whose undersides had been shredded.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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