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East , east / ēst/ • n. (usu. the east) 1. the direction toward the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes, on the right-hand side of a p… side-necked turtle , side-necked turtles See PLEURODIRA. from side to side , side / sīd/ • n. 1. a position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point: a town on the other side of the river on either side of th… zonal flow , zonal flow The winds that blow in a mainly west-to-east or east-to-west direction, and particularly to the main, broad airstreams of the general or l… Middle East , regional name with various usages and meanings.
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