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plural leesides
The side of something that provides the most shelter from some prevailing force such as wind, rain, waves, etc. quotations examples
Payload packaging considerations are of great importance and tend to favor low L/D vehicles since these have open leesides with good view factors for radiators and antennae (Ref. 33).
1991, James Evans Lyne, Physiologically Constrained Aerocapture for Manned Mars Missions
The leeside slope angle of these dunes (Figure 19.8d) shows a wide spread from 1 to 58° (steeper than than the angle-of-repose probably due to intense eddying in the leeside), with a mean of 8.4°.
2008, Avijit Gupta, Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management, page 405
Therefore, in steady conditions, a mean wave set-up is established on the leeside of the structure.
2015, Ping Wang, Julie D Rosati, Jun Cheng, Coastal Sediments 2015