Definitions for Lateral
ˈlæt ər əllat·er·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.2 / 5 votes

1. lateral pass, lateraladjective

   a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

2. lateral, sidelongadjective

   situated at or extending to the side

   "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson

3. lateraladjective

   lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body

   "lateral lemniscus"

GCIDERate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. lateralverb

   To pass the footbal to a receiver who is behind the passer; to make a lateral pass; as, the ball was lateraled to the fullback, who ran it for a touchdown.

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. lateralnoun

   an object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else

2. lateralnoun

   a sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral)

3. lateralnoun

   a lateral pass

4. lateralverb

   To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction

5. lateralverb

   To execute a lateral pass

6. lateraladjective

   To the side; of or pertaining to the side.

7. lateraladjective

   Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline.

   The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.

8. lateraladjective

   Pertaining to the girth of an organ, rather than its thickness or length.

9. lateraladjective

   Pertaining to sounds that are generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tip of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for the air passage.

10. Etymology: From lateralis, from latus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LATERALadjective

   Etymology: lateral, French; latera, Latin.

   1. Growing out on the side; belonging to the side.

   Why may they not spread their lateral branches till their distance from the centre of gravity depress them. John Ray.

   The smallest vessels, which carry the blood by lateral branches, separate the next thinner fluid or serum, the diameters of which lateral branches are less than the diameters of the blood-vessels. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   2. Placed, or acting in a direction perpendicular to a horizontal line.

   Forth rush the levant, and the ponent winds
   Eurus and Zephyr, with their lateral noise,
   Sirocco and Libecchio. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lateral

   Lateral refers to the side of something, or moving sideways or to the sides. In general, it's used to describe something that is situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side. It can pertain to various fields such as anatomy, sports, and physics.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lateraladjective

   of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree

2. Lateraladjective

   lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial

3. Lateraladjective

   directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing

4. Etymology: [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. latral.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lateral

   lat′ėr-al, adj. belonging to the side: proceeding from or in the direction of the side: (anat. and zool.) situated on one of the sides of the median vertical longitudinal plane of the body: (physics) at right angles to a line of motion or strain.—n. Lateral′ity.—adv. Lat′erally.—adj. Laterifō′lious (bot.), growing by the side of a leaf at its base.—Lateral fin, one of the paired side fins of a fish:—opp. to Vertical fin. [L. lateralis—latus, latĕris, a side.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lateral

   relating, pertaining or attached to the side.

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How to pronounce Lateral?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Lateral in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lateral in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lateral in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Lateral in a Sentence

1. Vikas Dwivedi:

   What really matters now is not the number of rigs or wells, but the number of lateral feet drilled and productivity per foot.

2. Steve Scheckel:

   We've been seeing more and more Chicago police officers when we do an emergency hire, which is basically a lateral transfer. They already have the academy.

3. New Zealand-based volcanologist Shane Cronin:

   This is an eruption best witnessed from space, the large and explosive lateral spread of the eruption suggests that it was probably the biggest one since about the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines.

4. Angelo Meda:

   I would expect a lateral, flat market from now through the summer with some rotation, cyclicals have been the best year to date so I would expect some recovery from the staples.

5. Mimi Lamantia:

   Even [with] just five weeks of Argentine tango we were able to decrease that medial and lateral sway by 56 percent.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Lateral
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Lateral
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lateral
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Lateral
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lateral
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Lateral
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=Lateral
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Lateral