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TWO-SIDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does two-sided mean? 

TWO-SIDED (adjective)
  The adjective TWO-SIDED has 2 senses:

1. capable of being reversed or used with either side outplay

2. having two sides or partsplay

  Familiarity information: TWO-SIDED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TWO-SIDED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being reversed or used with either side out

Synonyms:

reversible; two-sided

Context example:

a reversible jacket

Similar:

double-faced ((of fabrics) having faces on both sides)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Having two sides or parts

Synonyms:

bilateral; two-sided

Similar:

many-sided; multilateral (having many parts or sides)


 Context examples 


A two-sided card that measures pain intensity and the patient's mood on one side, and has a modified version of the Tursky Pain Description Scale on the other.

(Memorial Pain Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)



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