A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
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sidewinder
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sidewinder.
Editorial note
Huh, the Sidewinder is a short range IR missile?
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Quick take
A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of sidewinder gathered in one view.
A rollercoaster element where riders enter a half-loop followed by a half-corkscrew, and exit perpendicular to the direction of entry.
A type of middle-distance deep-sea trawler widely used during the 1960s and 1970s.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for sidewinder.
noun
A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
See also: crotalus-cerastes, horned-rattlesnake
noun
A rollercoaster element where riders enter a half-loop followed by a half-corkscrew, and exit perpendicular to the direction of entry.
See also: crotalus-cerastes, horned-rattlesnake
noun
A type of middle-distance deep-sea trawler widely used during the 1960s and 1970s.
See also: crotalus-cerastes, horned-rattlesnake
verb
Synonym of sidewind.
See also: crotalus-cerastes, horned-rattlesnake
Example sentences
Huh, the Sidewinder is a short range IR missile?
The missiles that the designers had in mind were the Sidewinder and the marketing promises of the Sparrow.
The sensor in the original Sidewinder is fascinating - a spinning disk with a reflective strip on it.
I still have my Sidewinder joystick:) It survived several moves over the years, and still works perfectly.
Just did some tests on my Sidewinder keyboard, no issue at all there.
That wheel still works with basic built-in drivers under Windows 7 for me, Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel USB was built rock solid.
The pilot using an early Sidewinder still has to get on the tail of the target, but they don't have to get as close.
They fit the MS Sidewinder X4 (maybe others), which is available still.
The heavy, cream-colored two-button serial mice were the best on the market at the time, and the Sidewinder Pro was a very nice joystick.
Plover is why I have a Microsoft SideWinder X4 which is one of the few that can handle any amount).
I just ordered a sidewinder keyboard, and I look forward to trying out this soon.
Still, you can find ones (like the Sidewinder discussed in the OP) with competent USB, or you can fall back to PS/2 (welcome to the future).
Quote examples
For more of this kind of thing, see "Sidewinder: Creative Missile Design at China Lake" by Ron Westrum.
I'm using the Sidewinder X4 on linux, and the anti-ghosting-feature works even without any custom driver, so I assume they used the "register one keyboard as multiple keyboards"-approach.
Proper noun examples
The Russians subsequently copied it, improved it and celebrated the birthday of the father of the Sidewinder!
I highly encourage everybody to read the book 'Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development'.
Dependence on their own ineffective missiles such as the AIM-4 Falcon (only in theory useful for knocking out big bombers) and their own versions of the Navy's Sidewinder.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use sidewinder in a sentence?
Huh, the Sidewinder is a short range IR missile?
What does sidewinder mean?
A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
What part of speech is sidewinder?
sidewinder is commonly used as noun, verb.