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/ˈdɑːk.saɪd/ · noun
(countable) 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.
This paper describes a hydrogen–oxygen regenerative fuel cell (RFC) energy storage system based on high temperature solid oxide fuel (SOFC) technology. […] The system functions as a secondary battery and is applicable to darkside energy storage for solar photovoltaics.
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.
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.
"Why horror?" she'd ask, adding to her opinion that, "What sells is love stories, romance. A good drama." And so I'd ask myself, why indeed dwell into t[he] darkside of literature? Does it make me happy to figure out new ways to cause people's death?
People, the darkside already knows who we are, so it's not like we're blowing our cover, they just can't pinpoint us at any given time.
We are relieved to put the book aside or leave the theater, knowing that the monsters that these tales portray are not real. They are only creatures born somewhere in the darkside of a writer's psyche.
Use dark side when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dark side means (countable) The side of something that is in darkness or unlit, or has less illumination..
Common synonyms include downside, farside, nightside, darkcore.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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