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darkside

noun
/ˈdɑːk.saɪd/UK/ˈdɑɹkˌsaɪd/US

Etymology

From dark + side. Sense 2.1 (“side that is evil”) was popularized by the film Star Wars (1977; later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) where the term was used to describe the aspect of a metaphysical power called the Force which could be used to act aggressively and perpetrate evil.

  1. derived from *sēy-✻ — “to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”
  2. inherited from *sīdaz✻ — “drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”
  3. inherited from *sīd✻
  4. inherited from sīd — “wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”
  5. inherited from side
  6. compounded as darkside — “dark + side”

Definitions

  1. The side of something that is in darkness or unlit, or has less illumination.

    • She checked their orbital position. She would have perhaps ten more minutes in darkside. The earth itself was a massive radiation shield between the station and the sun, and she would be perfectly safe.
    • The spacecraft requirement stems from the need for spacecraft to conserve heat, and thus battery power, when not exposed to sunlight ("darkside"), to reflect heat when facing the Sun, and, on occasion, to emit excess heat on the darkside.

  2. The side of something that is metaphorically dark, i.e. evil, distressing or otherwise…

    The side of something that is metaphorically dark, i.e. evil, distressing or otherwise undesirable; the negative aspect of something.

    • Near-synonym: downside
    • [B]lack metal is by definition concerned with the occult as seen in its lyrical fixation with Satan or darkside tribal paganism.

  3. Synonym of farside (“the side of a moon that faces away from the planet that it orbits”).

    • On the lighter side, Cassini should be coming out of darkside soon and run smack-dab into the distress siren.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Synonym of nightside (“the side of a planet that faces away from the sun around which it…

      Synonym of nightside (“the side of a planet that faces away from the sun around which it orbits”).

      • Terraport would be in darkside now, and her great lights would be fused into a single tiny eye winking mockery at him – if he chose to slide back his porthole screen.
      • The vehicle, in an equatorial orbit of 300 nautical miles, has a period of 2.1 hours establishing 0.7 hours of darkside operation and 1.4 hours of sunlight operation.

    2. A style of electronic music, being a form of hardcore characterized by discordant sounds.

      • The label closely observed the shifts in techno during the 90s, being a staple source of ‘darkside’ hardcore in 1992.
      • 1993 was the year that hardcore began to get more varied with different styles being made. One style known as "darkness" or "darkside" used less pianos and more darker sounding chords.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA