lateral
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ər adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
2.
pertaining to or entailing a position, office, etc., that is different but equivalent or roughly equivalent in status, as distinguished from a promotion or demotion: a lateral move.
3.
Phonetics. articulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as l.
noun
4.
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
5.
Mining. a small drift off to the side of a principal one.
6.
Phonetics. a lateral speech sound.
7.
Football. lateral pass.
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verb (used without object)
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9.
to move laterally or sideways: migrating birds lateraling down into Cape May.
verb (used with object)
10.
Football. to throw (the ball) in a lateral pass.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin laterālis of the side, equivalent to later- (stem of latus) side + -ālis -al1
1590–1600; < Latin laterālis of the side, equivalent to later- (stem of latus) side + -ālis -al1
Related forms
lat·er·al·ly, adverb
pseu·do·lat·er·al, adjective
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lateral (ˈlætərəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to the side or sides: a lateral blow |
| 2. | phonetics (of a speech sound like l) pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the centre of the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides for the passage of the airstream |
| —n | |
| 3. | a lateral object, part, passage, or movement |
| 4. | phonetics a lateral speech sound |
| 5. | botany a branch, leaf, or bud that grows out from the side of a stem or trunk |
| [C17: from Latin laterālis, from latus side] | |
| 'laterally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
lateral
1560s (implied in laterally), from L. lateralis "belonging to the side," from latus (gen. lateris) "side" (see oblate (n.)). As a type of pass to the side in U.S. football, it is attested from 1934. Related: Laterally.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
lateral lat·er·al (lāt'ər-əl)
adj.
Relating to or situated at or on the side.
Situated or extending away from the median plane of the body.
Relating to the left or right lateral region of the abdomen.
A lateral part, position, or appendage.
lat'er·al·ly adv.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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lateral
in phonetics, a consonant sound produced by raising the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth so that the airstream flows past one or both sides of the tongue. The l sounds of English, Welsh, and other languages are laterals
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Example sentences
Lateral buds grow along the sides of a shoot and give rise to the sideways growth that makes a plant bushy.
Protecting ships, however, requires lateral thinking.
He can move down the line, but lacks the lateral quickness and speed to slip off blocks and get pressure consistently.
Such a pickup is technically called horizontal or lateral gene transfer.
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