side-on: Meaning and Definition of

side-on

Pronunciation: (sīd'on', -ôn'), [key]
— adj.
  1. (of two objects) meeting with the sides foremost.
—adv.
  1. with the side or sides foremost, esp. in a collision: The other car struck me side-on.
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