two-sided

[ too-sahy-did ]
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adjective
  1. having two sides; bilateral.

  2. having two aspects or characters.

Origin of two-sided

1
First recorded in 1860–65; two + side1 + -ed3

Other words from two-sided

  • two-sid·ed·ness, noun

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How to use two-sided in a sentence

  • The quality of two-sidedness conferred upon light by bi-refracting crystals may also be conferred upon it by ordinary reflection.

    Six Lectures on Light | John Tyndall
  • We have to illustrate the two-sidedness of that green light, in contrast to the all-sidedness of ordinary light.

    Six Lectures on Light | John Tyndall
  • There are plenty of molecular motions which do not exhibit this two-sidedness.

British Dictionary definitions for two-sided

two-sided

adjective
  1. having two sides or aspects

  2. controversial; debatable: a two-sided argument

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