Bilateral

Definitions: Bilateral

Bilateral

Adjective

1. Having identical parts on each side of an axis.

2. Having two sides or parts.

Date "bilateral" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Bilateral

Domain	Definitions
Health	Affecting both the right and left side of body. (references)
Post & Telecom	A synchronization link where the corrective action to maintain locking is active at both ends of the link. Source: European Union. (references)
Shipping	A contract term meaning both parties agree to provide something for the other. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Bilateral

Synonyms: bilaterally symmetric (adj), bilaterally symmetrical (adj), isobilateral (adj), two-sided (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: multilateral (adj), unilateral (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bilateral

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Duplication	Adjective: double; doubled; Verb: bicipital, bicephalous, bidental, bilabiate, bivalve, bivalvular, bifold, biform, bilateral; bifarious, bifacial; twofold, two-sided; disomatous; duplex; double-faced, double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate; second.
Laterality	Many sided; multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral.
Symmetry	Symmetry, shapeliness, finish; beauty; proportion, eurythmy, uniformity, parallelism; bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry; centrality.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bilateral

English words defined with "bilateral": bilateral contract, bilateral descent, bilateral symmetry, bilaterally, biradial, Brachiolaria ♦ Elasipoda. (references)

Specialty definitions using "bilateral": äußeres Ohr ♦ Alport syndrome, Alport's syndrome, annular corneal dystrophy, asteroid hyalitis, atrophia bulborum hereditaria ♦ Bell phenomenon, Bell's phenomenon, bilateral aid, bilateral cancer, bilateral contracts, bilateral cooperation, bilateral gear, Bilateral Investment Treaty, Bilateral Trade, Bilateral trade agreement, bilateral transducer, Binasal, binasal hemianopia, Blair House Agreement ♦ CONTRACTS FOR DIFFERENCES, contradictory procedure, Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary, Cri-du-Chat Syndrome ♦ Devic's disease, dystrophia annularis ♦ encephalomyelitis optica, Erythromelalgia, Escape Clause ♦ Financial Cooperation, fiscal law ♦ Hearing Loss, Bilateral, Hearing Loss, Central, hereditary annular dystrophy, hereditary nephropathy-deafness syndrome, host nation support ♦ marked member, marked unit, Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, Multilateral agreement ♦ neuroencephalomyelopathy, Neurofibromatosis 2, Neuromyelitis Optica, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, Norrie syndrome, Norrie-Warburg syndrome 2.Norrie's disease ♦ ophthalmoneuromyelitis ♦ Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Presbycusis, programme-managing body ♦ Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's Phenomenon, Retinal Dysplasia, ring-shaped corneal dystrophy, rupture front ♦ Safeguards, Shoulder Pain, Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing, sympathetic ophthalmia ♦ Trade and Tariff Act of 1984, truncal vagotomy ♦ United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 ♦ Vagotomy, Truncal, Voluntary export restraint arrangement, Voluntary Restraint Agreements. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Bilateral" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (bilateral), German (bilateral), Portuguese (bilateral), Romanian (bilateral, reciprocal), Spanish (bilateral, double faced, double-sided, two sided, two way), Swedish (bilateral).

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Commercial Usage: Bilateral

Domain	Title
Books	Bilateral Monetary Theory (reference) Former Soviet Union: U.S. Bilateral Program Lacks Effective Coordination (reference) Hierarchically Structured Economies: Models With Bilateral Exchange Institutions (Theory and Decision Library. Ser C, Game Theory, Math Prog & operat (reference) International Investment Instruments: A Compendium - Regional Integration, Bilateral and Non-governmental Instruments (reference) Microstructure and Properties of Ceramic Materials: Proceedings of the First China-Us Bilateral Seminar on Inorganic Materials Research Held in shang (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Bilateral

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	Anteroposterior chest x-ray of a plague patient showing bilateral pulmonary infection.Credit: CDC.		This AP X-ray of the chest reveals the presence of bilateral pulmonary infiltrate, and "caving formation" present in the right apical region. The diagnosis is far-advanced tuberculosis.Credit: CDC.
	An F-16 jet fighter, 35 fighter Squadron, from Kunsan Air Base, Korea, takes off from Tsuiki AB, Japan, to engage Japanese jet fighters in an aerial training exercise in support of Keen Sword 03 on Nov. 12, 2002. Keen Sword is a bilateral defense exercis.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Bilateral

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Only those bilateral treaties and conventions which have been the subject of such a notification shall be revived between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany; all the others are and shall remain abrogated. (reference)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Bilateral

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Greater deficit occurs from bilateral than from unilateral placement. (references)
		Virtually all males with classic CF have congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD). (references)
		NF2 is characterized by bilateral (occurring on both sides of the body) tumors on the eighth cranial nerve. (references)
Business		It is the most important bilateral relationship for both countries. (references)
		The two sides are considering steps for bilateral cooperation in this area. (references)
		U.S. investors are protected by the U.S.-Bulgaria Bilateral Investment Treaty. (references)
Civil Liberties	Spain	Jews, Muslims, and Protestants have official status through bilateral agreements but enjoy fewer privileges. (references)
	Greece	Under a 1960 bilateral protocol, Turkey provided copies of the approved texts for use in the schools of Thrace. (references)
	Nepal	In 1993 the Government and the Government of Bhutan formed a joint committee and began bilateral talks to resolve the refugee problem. (references)
Economic History	Mongolia	Japan is Mongolia's largest bilateral aid donor. (references)
	Greece	Turkey preferred bilateral political discussions. (references)
	Australia	Trade issues sometimes generate bilateral friction. (references)
Human Rights	South Africa	In 1999 a special bilateral IFP-ANC Peace Committee signed a provincial code of conduct for peace, which remained in effect during the year; however, the committee established to enforce the provincial code of conduct continued to receive complaints regarding the intimidation of party members, primarily in rural areas. (references)
Minorities	Kyrgyz Republic	In 2000 the Government signed a bilateral agreement with Russia on the legal status of Russian citizens living in Russia and Kyrgyz citizens living in Russia; it was intended to provide the maximum social benefits possible under the law for those Russian citizens living in the country. (references)
	Estonia	In 1998 the Government accepted a Russian Government proposal to establish a high-level commission to examine all aspects of bilateral relations, including a subgroup that would examine the humanitarian aspects of the Russian minority in Estonia and possibly of the Estonian minority in Russia. (references)
Political Economy	Moldova	The U.S. is by far the largest bilateral aid donor in Moldova. (references)
	HONG KONG	Hong Kong does not receive bilateral or multilateral assistance. (references)
	Tunisia	TUNISIA AND THE UNITED STATES ENJOY FRIENDLY BILATERAL RELATIONS. (references)
Trade	Canada	Canada and Chile implemented a bilateral FTA in mid-1997. (references)
	Guyana	The U.S., the U.K., Canada and the European Commission all have bilateral aid programs. (references)
	Ecuador	Ecuador does not have a bilateral tax agreement with the U.S. to avoid double taxation. (references)
Travel	Cote D'ivoire	Starting three years ago, SITARAIL, the railway company has invested USD 68 million along with multilateral and bilateral donors such as the World Bank, the French cooperation agency, CFCD and the European Investment Bank, and the African Development Bank. (references)
Women	Yemen	With the Government's active support, bilateral and multilateral donors have initiated long-term (1994-2004) projects worth $31 million (4.96 billion riyals) aimed at advancing vocational education and reproductive health for women and girls. (references)
Worker Rights	Italy	In May the Government signed a bilateral agreement with China to combat alien smuggling, including trafficking in persons. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Bilateral

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	All those treaties, bilateral agreements, and Rose Garden ceremonies were the actions of an appeaser that have seriously damaged our national security.
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Speeches: Bilateral

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	We have also taken a number of steps to strengthen our bilateral relations with both Israel and Egypt.
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Usage Frequency: Bilateral

"Bilateral" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.60% of the time. "Bilateral" is used about 558 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	96.6%	539	11,443
Noun (singular)	3.04%	17	85,106
Noun (proper)	0.36%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	558	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Bilateral

Expressions using "bilateral": bilateral agreement ♦ bilateral aid ♦ bilateral air transport agreement ♦ bilateral cancer ♦ bilateral contract ♦ bilateral contracts ♦ bilateral cooperation ♦ bilateral descent ♦ bilateral gear ♦ bilateral infrastructure ♦ bilateral meetings ♦ bilateral symmetry ♦ bilateral trade. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bilateral

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bilateral	40	bilateral oophorectomy salpingo	5
bilateral tubal ligation	15	bilateral knee replacement total	5
bilateral symmetry	15	bilateral oophorectomy	4
bilateral direct route	10	bilateral hearing loss	4
bilateral mastectomy	9	bilateral investment treaty	4
amputee bilateral	7	bilateral carpal diagnosis tunnel	4
bilateral contrato de definición elementos y	7	bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome	4
bilateral monopolio	7	bilateral breast cancer	4
bilateral hematoma subdural	7	bilateral breast ultrasound	4
bilateral pneumonia	7	bilateral cerebral dysfunction	4
bilateral breast reduction	7	bilateral loss vestibular	4
bilateral contract	7	adenopathy bilateral hilar	3
bilateral ovarian cyst	7	bilateral hernia inguinal	3
bilateral carpal tunnel	6	amputee arm bilateral	3
bilateral hydronephrosis	6	bilateral foraminal stenosis	3
bilateral knee replacement	6	bilateral osteotomy sagittal split	3
bilateral disarticulation hip	6	bilateral rotational symmetry	3
bilateral orchiectomy	6	agreement bilateral	3
bilateral mammogram	5	bilateral cleft lip	3
bilateral hernia	5	bilateral spondylolysis	3
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Modern Translations: Bilateral

Language		Translations for "bilateral"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i dyanshëm (mutual, reciprocal), dypalësh. (various references)

Arabic		‏متعلق بكلا الجانبين, ‏ذو جانبين (two sided), ‏ثنائي (bi-, binary, dual, duet, duo, duple, pair, twofold, twosome). (various references)

Bulgarian		двустранен (ridged, synallagmatic, two sided, two way). (various references)

Chinese		雙邊 , 雙方 (both parties involved, both sides), 双边 (bilaterally), 兩岸 (both coasts, both shores, both sides, Taiwan and mainland). (various references)

Czech		bilaterální, dvojstranný. (various references)

Danish		bilateral. (various references)

Dutch		bilateraal. (various references)

Farsi		متقارن الطرفین , دوکناری , دوطرفه (Mutual, Reciprocal), دوجانبه (Reciprocal). (various references)

Finnish		bilateraalinen, molemminpuolinen (mutual, reciprocal), kaksisivuinen, kaksikylkinen. (various references)

French		bilatéral. (various references)

German		zweiseitig (bidirectional, bilaterally, bilatterally, bipartite, double sided, double-sided, reversible, two sided, two-sided), bilateral. (various references)

Greek		αμφίπλευροσ, αμφίπλευρος (duplex), διμερήσ (bipartite). (various references)

Hebrew		�"ו צ�"�"י (two sided, two-sided). (various references)

Hungarian		kölcsönös (alternate, give and take, liaison, mutual, reciprocal), kétoldalú (two sided), kétoldali. (various references)

Italian		bilaterale. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		二国�" . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		に�"くか�". (various references)

Korean		양측. (various references)

Manx		daa-heuagh (ambivalent). (various references)

Pig Latin		ilateralbay

Portuguese		bilateral. (various references)

Romanian		bilateral (reciprocal). (various references)

Russian		двусторонний (bipartite, double faced, double sided, double-sided, dual-sided, reversible, two sided, two way, two-sided). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bilateralan, dvostran (two sided). (various references)

Spanish		bilateral (double faced, double-sided, two sided, two way). (various references)

Swedish		bilateral, tvåsidig (two sided). (various references)

Thai		เกี่ยวกับกลุ่มทางการเมืองสองกลุ่ม, ทั้งสอง�"้าน. (various references)

Turkish		iki yüzlü (ambidexter, ambidextrous, disingenuous, dissembler, double dealing, double faced, double-dealer, double-minded, double-tongued, false, hypocrite, hypocritical, insincere, left handed, pharisaic, pharisaical, shammer, slimy, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, smoothie, two sided), iki taraflı (mutual, reversible), iki kenarlı. (various references)

Ukranian		двосторонній (ambidextrous, bipartite, reversible, two sided, two way). (various references)

Vietnamese		hai bên tay đôi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bilateral

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bilateral": bilateralism, bilateralisms, bilaterally. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bilateral" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Balterley, belateral, bilaterial, bolterol. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bilateral"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "bilateral" (pronounced bīla"terul)
7	-ī l a" t er u l	trilateral.
6	-l a" t er u l	collateral, lateral, multilateral, unilateral.
4	-t er u l	doctoral, electoral, guttural, literal, littoral, pastoral, pectoral, postdoctoral, sectoral.
3	-er u l	admiral, agricultural, architectural, behavioral, Corporal, countercultural, cultural, doggerel, ephemeral, federal, femoral, funeral, Gen, general, horticultural, humoral, inaugural, intercultural, liberal, mackerel, mayoral, mineral, multicultural, natural, neoliberal, nomenclatural, nonagricultural, numeral, peripheral, pickerel, prefectural, procedural, scriptural, sculptural, structural, supernatural, temporal, unnatural, visceral.
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Anagrams: Bilateral

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-l-l-r-t"
	-1 letter: arillate.
	-2 letters: barilla, braille, labiate, lateral, liberal, librate, literal, ratable, tallier, triable.
	-3 letters: abater, abelia, ablate, aerial, albeit, albite, alible, arable, atrial, bailer, baiter, baller, ballet, barite, biller, billet, labial, labile, labret, lariat, latria, liable, librae, realia, rebait, rebill, retail, retial, riblet, rillet, tailer, taille, taller, telial, terbia, tiller, tribal.
	-4 letters: abate, abler, alate.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-l-l-r-t"
	+2 letters: antiliberal, articulable, bacterially, bilaterally, inalterable, inalterably, trailblazer, trailerable.
	+3 letters: alterability, antiliberals, bilateralism, biparentally, circulatable, trailblazers, turbellarian, ultraliberal.
	+4 letters: bilateralisms, collaborative, multivariable, problematical, recallability, turbellarians, ultraliberals, ultrareliable.
	+5 letters: alterabilities, antiliberalism, bactericidally, barometrically, collaboratives, crystallizable, inalterability, liberalization, pleasurability, rationalizable, unalterability.
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