Borrowed fromLatin laterālis ( “ belonging to the side ” ) , fromlatus ( “ the side or flank ” ) +-ālis ( “ -al ” ,adjectival suffix ) .
lateral (comparative morelateral ,superlative mostlateral )
To theside ; of or pertaining to theside .( anatomy , zootomy ) side or other of the body or of anorgan , especially in the region furthest from themedian plane .Antonym: medial The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee islateral .
A fish senses changes in hydrodynamic pressure with itslateral line.
( pathology ) side or sides of the body, or confined to one side of the body.2025 April 10, Dan Heching, “Eric Dane shares that he has been diagnosed with ALS”, inCNN [1] The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophiclateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
( physics ) right angles to a line ofmotion orstrain .At the same level in hierarchy or rank, especially pertaining to a movement that does not involve a change in rank, status, or level.Instead of a promotion, I opted for alateral move to a similar position in the marketing department.
lateral hiring
alateral transfer
( UK ) Non-linear orunconventional , as in,lateral thinking .( phonetics , phonology ) ( of aconsonant , especially the English clear l ) Pertaining to speechsounds generated by partially blocking theegress of theairstream with thetongue , leaving space on one or both sides of theocclusion for air passage.human anatomy direction adjectives
edit of or pertaining to the side
Albanian:anshëm (sq) Armenian:կողմնային (hy) ( koġmnayin ) Bulgarian:страничен (bg) ( straničen ) Catalan:lateral (ca) Czech:postranní (cs) ,boční (cs) Esperanto:lateralo Finnish:sivuttainen sivu- (fi) French:latéral (fr) Galician:lateral (gl) German:lateral (de) ,seitlich (de) ,Seiten- Hungarian:oldalsó (hu) ,oldalirányú (hu) ,oldal- (hu) Ido:laterala (io) Irish:cliathánach Italian:laterale (it) Japanese:横 (ja) ( yoko ) Persian:جانبی ( jânebi ) ,کناری ( kenâri ) Polish:lateralny boczny (pl) Portuguese:lateral (pt) Romanian:lateral (ro) Russian:боково́й (ru) ( bokovój ) ,латера́льный (ru) ( latɛrálʹnyj ) Serbo-Croatian:бочни латералан Spanish:lateral (es) Tagalog:panagiliran
pertaining to the left or right of the body
pertaining to certain sounds
lateral (plural laterals
An object, such as apassage or aprotrusion , that is situated on the side of something else. ( linguistics ) lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ inlateral ).Coordinate terms: approximant fricative nasal trill plosive ( American football ) lateral pass .( business ) employee hired for aposition at the sameorganizational level orsalary as their previous position.Alateral canal , a canal built alongside an existing stream.1956 , United States House Appropriations Committee,Public Works Appropriations for 1957 , page 703: [ …] Canal andlaterals , section 4, and the first part of section 5; and Miller Canal andlaterals .1971 Reducing Hazards to People and Animals on Reclamation ... , page 7:Two-thirds of the drownings, or 103, occurred along the back of the canal orlateral .[ …] laterals protected by fencing.
sound produced through lateral pronunciation
lateral (third-person singular simple present laterals present participle ( US ) lateraling or ( UK ) lateralling simple past and past participle ( US ) lateraled or ( UK ) lateralled
Tomove (oneself or something) in alateral direction. ( American football ) execute alateral pass .“lateral ”, inLexico Dictionary.com ;Oxford University Press ,2019–2022 “lateral ”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster , 1996–present. William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “lateral ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC Borrowed fromLatin laterālis
lateral m or f masculine and feminine plural laterals
lateral lateral m or f by sense plural laterals
wingback ( castells ) casteller in thepinya , who stands beside thebaix and holds the legs of one of thesegons to prevent them from swaying sideways“lateral ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “lateral ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “lateral” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“lateral” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.In the 20th century, fromLatin laterālis
lateral (strong nominative masculine singular lateraler not comparable )
lateral Positive forms oflateral (uncomparable )
Internationalism ,borrowed fromDutch lateraal French latéral Latin laterālis
latêral (comparative lebih lateralsuperlative paling lateral
lateral to the side; of or pertaining to the side ( phonetics , phonology ) latêral (plural lateral -lateral
lateral ( anatomy ) ( phonetics , phonology ) lateral lateral )lateral (not comparable )
lateral Learned borrowing fromLatin laterālis Doublet ofladral
Rhymes:-al -aw Hyphenation:la‧te‧ral lateral m or f plural laterais
lateral ( of, pertaining to or located in the side ) of lesser importance lateral f plural laterais
( sports ) sideline ( line defining the side boundary of a playing field ) ( sports ) throw-in ( set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play ) ( phonetics ) lateral ( sound in which the airstream proceeds along the sides of the tongue ) lateral m or f by sense plural laterais
( sports ) winger ( offensive player who plays on either side of the centre ) Synonym: ala Borrowed fromFrench latéral Latin lateralis
lateral m or n feminine singular laterală masculine plural laterali feminine and neuter plural laterale
lateral FromLatin laterālis
IPA (key ) : /lateˈɾal/ [la.t̪eˈɾal] Rhymes:-al Syllabification:la‧te‧ral lateral m or f masculine and feminine plural laterales
lateral side ( linguistics ) lateral lateral m or f by sense plural laterales
( linguistics ) lateral ( soccer ) full-back ,fullback ( a player who plays on the left or right side of defence ) ( soccer ) throw-in Synonyms: saque lateral saque de banda lateral (notcomparable )
to theside ,lateral ( linguistics ) lateral Inflection oflateral Indefinite positive comparative superlative1 common singular lateral — — neuter singular lateralt — — plural laterala — — masculine plural2 laterale — — Definite positive comparative superlative masculine singular3 laterale — — all laterala — —
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
lateral c
( linguistics ) consonant , alateral 
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