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1. (adj.) lateral
of or pertaining to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side:
a lateral view.
2. lateral
pertaining to or entailing a new but generally equivalent position, office, etc.:
a lateral move.
3. lateral
(of a speech sound) articulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as the sound (l).
4. (n.) lateral
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
5. lateral
a lateral speech sound.
6. (v.i.) lateral
to throw a lateral pass.
7. lateral
to move laterally or sideways.
8. (v.t.) lateral
to throw (the ball) in a lateral pass.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L laterālis=later-, s. of latus side +-ālis -al1)
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| Definition of 'lateral' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) lateral pass, lateral
a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
2. (adj) lateral, sidelong
situated at or extending to the side
"the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
3. (adj) lateral
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
"lateral lemniscus"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) lateral
of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree
2. (adj) lateral
lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial
3. (adj) lateral
directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing
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Sense: of, at, to or from the side
lateral movement.
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 Afrikaans: sydelings |
 Arabic: جانِبي |
 Bulgarian: страничен |
 Brazilian: lateral |
 Czech: postranní |
 German: seitlich |
 Danish: til siden; side- |
 Greek: πλευρικός |
 Spanish: lateral |
 Estonian: külg- |
 Farsi: جانبی |
 Finnish: sivu- |
 French: latéral |
 Hebrew: צִדִי |
 Hindi: पार्श्विक |
 Croatian: postraničan |
 Hungarian: oldalsó |
 Indonesian: dari samping |
 Icelandic: hliðar- |
 Italian: laterale |
 Japanese: 横の |
 Korean: 측면의 |
 Lithuanian: šoninis |
 Latvian: laterāls, sānu- |
 Malay: sisian |
 Dutch: zij-, zijwaarts |
 Norwegian: side-, tverr- |
 Polish: boczny |
 Persian: جانبی |
 Pashto: اړخيز |
 Portuguese: lateral |
 Romanian: lateral |
 Russian: боковой |
 Slovak: bočný |
 Slovenian: stranski |
 Serbian: bočni |
 Swedish: sido- |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับด้านข้าง |
 Turkish: yana ait, yanal |
 Taiwanese: 橫向的，側面的 |
 Ukrainian: бічний; горизонтальний |
 Urdu: پہلو کا |
 Vietnamese: ở bên |
 Chinese: 横向的，侧面的 |
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