side-by-side

alternative side by side · alternative SxS

1. not comparableAdjacent; juxtaposed.

   The cylinder banks are at 60 deg. with the cylinders staggered to allow for side-by-side connecting rods on each crank.

   1958 April 28, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265

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   A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.

   2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly)

   Antonyms: end-to-end, tandem, in tandem

plural side-by-sides · alternative side by side · alternative SxS

1. A type of multipurpose off-highway utility vehicle, with four wheels, resembling a golf cart.

   Synonyms: UTV, utility task vehicle

2. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of side-by-side shotgun.
3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of side-by-side rifle.
4. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of side-by-side smoothbore (“a side-by-side musket (unrifled) longarm”).