farside
farside Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Located on or relating to the more distant side of an object, area, or celestial body, especially the hemisphere of the Moon that faces away from Earth.
"The robotic lander was designed to collect soil samples from a deep farside basin on the Moon."
• noun
The side or hemisphere of an object, boundary, or celestial body that is situated farthest from the observer, especially the hemisphere of the Moon facing away from Earth.
"Radio astronomers have long proposed placing an observatory on the lunar farside to shield it from terrestrial interference."
Word Nuance & Usage
While usually written as two words ('far side') in general usage, the single-word compound 'farside' is frequently used in planetary science and attributive contexts (such as 'farside lunar craters').