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sidelight
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sidelight has 1 sense
- sidelight(n = noun.artifact) running light - light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow; Array is a kind of light, light source
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sidelight, n.
1 a light from the side.
2 incidental information etc.
3 Brit. a light at the side of the front of a motor vehicle to warn of its presence.
4 Naut. the red port or green starboard light on a ship under way.
1 a light from the side.
2 incidental information etc.
3 Brit. a light at the side of the front of a motor vehicle to warn of its presence.
4 Naut. the red port or green starboard light on a ship under way.
THESAURUS
sidelight
account, acquaintance, announcement, blue book, briefing, bulletin, communication, communique, data, datum, directory, dispatch, emanation, enlightenment, evidence, facts, factual information, familiarization, gen, general information, guidebook, handout, hard information, highlight, illumination, incidental information, info, information, instruction, intelligence, irradiance, irradiancy, irradiation, knowledge, light, light source, luminous energy, mention, message, notice, notification, photosensitivity, presentation, promotional material, proof, publication, publicity, radiance, radiancy, radiant energy, radiation, release, report, statement, the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, transmission, visible radiation, white book, white paper, word
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