Lateral

Definitions: Lateral

Lateral

Adjective

1. Situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson.

2. Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus".

Noun

1. A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer.

Date "lateral" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Lateral

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	1. Of or pertaining to the side; directed or moving toward the side.2. Of or pertaining to the lateral axis; directed, moving, or located along, or parallel to, the lateral axis. (references)
Biology & Biotechnology	A small root given off by the main descending root. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	In a direction at right angles to that in which the main operation would be expected to proceed. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	Lying to the right or left side of the mid-sagittal plane of the body. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A hard heading branching off a horizon in horizon mining along the strike of the seams; at intervals along the lateral, crosscut roads are driven at right angles to intersect and develop the coal seams; from the crosscuts, conveyor panels are opened out in the seams; in general, the term lateral is also applied to any coal heading driven in a sideways direction. Source: European Union. (references)
	2)a hard heading branching off a horizon in horizon mining along the strike of the seams; at intervals along the lateral, crosscut roads are driven at right angles to intersect and develop the coal seams. Source: European Union. (references)
	A. A hard heading that branches off a horizon, in horizon mining, along the strike of the seams. It may be from 14 to 20 ft (4.3 to 6.1 m) wide. At intervals of 1,000 to 1,500 yd (910 to 1,400 m) along the lateral, crosscut roads are driven at right angles to intersect and develop the coal seams. From the crosscuts, conveyor panels are opened out in the seams. In general, the term lateral is also applied to any coal heading driven in a sideways direction b. Belonging to the sides, or to one side c. A horizontal mine working d. Situated on or at, or pertaining to, a side e. A conduit diverting water from a main conduit, for delivery to distributaries. (references)
Science	At or near edge, especially side or secondary branches. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Lateral

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The term "lateral" can refer to:

an anatomical definition of direction. See Terms for anatomical location
lateral consonants

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lateral."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Lateral

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LATIN	English	Molecular control of lateral initiation	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Lateral

Synonyms: sidelong (adj), lateral pass (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Lateral

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Laterality	Adjective: lateral, sidelong; collateral; parietal, flanking, skirting; flanked; sideling.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Lateral

English words defined with "lateral": amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ♦ Lateral cleavage, lateral epicondyle, Lateral strength, Lateral system. (references)

Specialty definitions using "lateral": Abducens Nerve Injury, abducens oculi muscle, active earth pressure, Adenophorea, AIRPLANE PILOT, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, anterior choroid artery, anterior choroidal artery, Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Anterior Hypothalamic Nucleus, anterior internuclear palsy, axillary bud ♦ balancing flap, bank motion, Bartholin's Glands, bench die maker, Birtley contraflow separator, bottom-pour ingot assembly, brachy axis, Brown-Sequard Syndrome, buckling loading ♦ calcar avis, CEPHALOMETRIC ANALYST, cephalometric technician, cephalometric tracer, Cephalometry, Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms, Charcot disease, ciliary ganglion, circle haul, Cleavage of Lateral Epitaxial Films for Transfer, coal lateral, Cochlear Nucleus, column of ore, combined top slicing and shrinkage stoping, comma position, crush movement, crush plane ♦ dam wing, Davis furnace, debris flow levee, Dens in Dente, Detection distance, deviation from straightness, Diagonal Band of Broca, die maker, DIE MAKER, BENCH, STAMPING, distant site error, ducts of lacrimal gland, Dutch roll ♦ earthflow, edge camber, epatite necrotica degli ovini, epatite necrotica infettiva, epicondylitis lateralis, epitaxial growth step, epitaxial ledge, epitaxial step, external rectus muscle ♦ facies change, fan cameras, fault heave, fault shift, foliate leaf, Foot Bones ♦ geanticline, Geniculate Bodies, glossopalatine, glossopalatine nerve, greater trochanter, ground failure, guideway ♦ half carcase, half-carcase, Hallux Valgus, hercularc lining, Howard stereomicrometer, Hypothalamus, Posterior ♦ incompetent bed, indicated pitch, indicated pitch angle, infezione da Clostridium novyi o oedematiens, in-ground encapsulation, instrument landing system, intermediate nerve of Wrisberg, internuclear anterior ophthalmoplegia 2.anterior internuclear ophthalmoplegia, internuclear posterior ophthalmoplegia 2.posterior internuclear ophthalmoplegia, inter-site error, Intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei, irrigating head, isostatic adjustment ♦ Jefferson fracture ♦ king brick, kink instability ♦ lacrimal ducts, lateral acceleration, lateral amygdala's nucleus, Lateral blast, lateral development, lateral deviation, lateral draw. (references)

Etymologies containing "lateral": Collateral ♦ Longilateral ♦ Multilateral ♦ Septilateral. (references)

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

Danish (lateral), German (lateral), Portuguese (asquint, incidental, lateral, lateral displacement, off, side, sidelong), Romanian (lateral, laterally, side, sideways, sidewise), Spanish (lateral, side, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise), Swedish (lateral).

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Commercial Usage: Lateral

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Primary Lateral Sclerosis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Guide for Patients and Families, 2nd Edition (reference) Brainstrains: Sneaky Lateral Thinking Puzzles (reference) Competing with Flexible Lateral Organizations (2nd Edition) (reference) Great Lateral Thinking Puzzles (reference) Lateral DNA Transfer: Mechanisms and Consequences (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Lateral Thinking - Logic of Creativity (reference) Lateral Thinking - Six Thinking Hats (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Lateral

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Photo Album: Lateral

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Line drawing showing frontal view of mouth and lateral view of face.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		A white female patient receives a lateral mammogram treatment. She is lying on her left side with the left breast compressed and she is holding her right breast out of the way so as to not block the x-ray. Note the older methods of the diagnostic procedure.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	From a lateral view, one is able to identify the cellular components along the length of a T. pallidum bacterium, which give this spiral bacterium (spirochete) a unique cellular morphology, and mode of motility.Credit: CDC.		Lateral chest radiograph of anthrax, 13th day of illness. X-ray.Credit: CDC.
	Figure 3. Model of Aime's instrument for the study of lateral movement of waves and the movement of particles within the waves, built and tested at the anchorage at Algiers in 1839 in depths of 10 and 14 meters in waves up to 1.5 meters in height.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Furrow irrigation using siphon tubes from a lateral waterway.Credit: Tim McCabe.
	A lateral waterway carries irrigartion water to crops.Credit: Tim McCabe.		Concrete lateral used to service irrigation water to orchards in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.
	Norm Vigil, Northwest Field Team Leader and District Conservationist Edward Romero inspect recently constructed concrete lateral used to irrigate orchards in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.		Glaucoma. Una enfermedad de los ojos que afecta la visión lateral. .Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Lateral

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	To ensure the proper and faithful execution of the provisions contained in (a) and (b) above, Germany: (1) binds herself not to undertake or to allow the construction of any lateral canal or any derivation on the right bank of the river opposite the French frontiers; (2) recognises the possession by France of the right of support on and the right of way over all lands situated on the right bank which may be required in order to survey, to build, and to operate weirs which France, with the consent of the Central Commission, may subsequently decide to establish. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Lateral

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Saint Simon, Owen, Fourier, are there also, in lateral galleries.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Lateral

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Most cases prove to be variants of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (references)
		With the aid of mouth mirrors, inspect the right and left lateral margins of the tongue. (references)
		Common MNDs include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progressive muscular atrophy, and postpolio syndrome. (references)
Travel	Ecuador	In the event of a full-scale eruption, geological experts conclude that the city of Quito is protected from possible lava flows, avalanches, and lateral explosions by the bulk of Pichincha Mountain, which stands between the city and the volcano crater. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Lateral

"Lateral" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.81% of the time. "Lateral" is used about 358 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)	95.81%	343	15,445
Noun (singular)	4.19%	15	90,616
Total	100.00%	358	N/A

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

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Expression: Lateral

Expressions using "lateral": amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ♦ cleavage of lateral epitaxial films for transfer ♦ lateral amygdala's nucleus ♦ lateral axis ♦ lateral cerebral sulcus ♦ Lateral cleavage ♦ lateral condyle ♦ lateral control system ♦ lateral displacement ♦ lateral drain ♦ lateral drift landing ♦ lateral epicondyle ♦ lateral epicondylitis ♦ Lateral equation ♦ lateral extrusion ♦ lateral file scroll ♦ lateral forces ♦ lateral gain ♦ lateral geniculate body ♦ lateral geniculate nucleus ♦ lateral humeral epicondylitis ♦ lateral inclinometer ♦ lateral line ♦ lateral line organ ♦ lateral loss ♦ Lateral Medullary Syndrome ♦ lateral misalignment ♦ lateral movement ♦ lateral occipital complex ♦ lateral pass ♦ Lateral pressure ♦ lateral rectus ♦ lateral rectus muscle ♦ lateral root ♦ lateral route ♦ lateral separation ♦ Lateral Sinus Thrombosis ♦ Lateral strength ♦ Lateral system ♦ lateral tell ♦ Lateral Thalamic Nuclei ♦ lateral thinking ♦ lateral ventricle ♦ Lateral Ventricles ♦ lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome ♦ nucleus of lateral geniculate body ♦ standard deviation of lateral position. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "lateral": lateral-line, lateral-thinking.
	Ending with "lateral": multi-lateral.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lateral

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
lateral file cabinet	169
lateral thinking	119
lateral file	106
lateral thinking puzzle	91
lateral epicondylitis	81
lateral pensamiento	41
lateral release	36
lateral filing cabinet	28
lateral raise	28
lateral	25
amiotrofica esclerosis lateral	22
lateral thigh trainer	22
lateral meniscus	18
lateral puzzle	17
lateral filing	17
lateral collateral ligament	16
lateral meniscus tear	11
area lateral	10
amiotrófica esclerose lateral	10
lateral thinking question	10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lateral

Language		Translations for "lateral"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tingull anësor, pjesë anësore, anësor (collateral, fringe, marginal, peripheral, secondary, side, sidelong, sideways, wing, winger). (various references)

Arabic		‏جانبي (profiling, side, sidelong, sidy, square), ‏شىء جانبي. (various references)

Bulgarian		съребрен, страничен (adventitious, adventive, aisle, by, circumstantial, collateral, exterior, external, incidental, indirect, marginal, oblique, off, outside, postern, side), растящ отстрани, разположен отстрани, латерален (divided). (various references)

Chinese		邊音 , 旁邊 (side), 侧向, 側 (inclined, lean on one side, side, the side, to incline towards, to lean). (various references)

Czech		postranní (by, off, ulterior motives). (various references)

Danish		lateral. (various references)

Dutch		lateraal. (various references)

Farsi		پهلوءی (Immediate, Next), واقع درخطافقی , جنبی (Next), جانبی (Sidelong), افقی (Horizontal, Straight). (various references)

Finnish		lateraalinen, vaakasuora (horizontal, level), sivujuuri (lateral root), sivuhaara (branch, collateral branch, sub-lateral), sivu- (slave). (various references)

French		latéral. (various references)

German		seitlich (at the side, collateral, edgeways, from the side, laterally, marginally, side, sideways, to the side of), lateral. (various references)

Greek		πλευρικόσ (costal, parietal), πλευρικός (costal), πλευρική ρίζα,πλαγία ρίζα (lateral root), πλάγιοσ (aslant, bevel, circuitous, devious, indirect, oblique, side, sidelong, slanting), πλάγιο, δευτερεύουσα γραμμή άρδευσης (distribution line, sprinkler lateral). (various references)

Hebrew		רחבי (broadside, transversal), צ�"י (side), צ�"�"י (accessory, incidental, side, sidelong, sideways, subsidiary). (various references)

Hungarian		oldalszárny (flank, side wing, wing), oldalsó (side, sidelong), oldalrész (flanker), oldal- (side, sideward, sideways), mellék- (ancillary, by, extra, side, supplementary). (various references)

Italian		laterale (side, side board, side member, sides, sideward). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		側面 (flank, side, sidelight). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		そくめ�" (flank, side, sidelight). (various references)

Korean		옆. (various references)

Manx		lhiattagh (sidelong), cheualagh (adjoining), cheual. (various references)

Norwegian		side-. (various references)

Pig Latin		aterallay

Portuguese		lateral (asquint, incidental, lateral displacement, off, side, sidelong). (various references)

Romanian		lateral (laterally, side, sideways, sidewise), pasã lateralã, dintr-o parte (laterally), consoanã lateralã, colateral (collateral, collaterally). (various references)

Russian		боковой (collateral, incidental, side). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		lateralan suglasnik, lateralan, bočni (aisle, overside, side, sideling, sidelong, sideways). (various references)

Spanish		lateral (board, extension, side, side board, side member, sideboard, side-extension, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise). (various references)

Swedish		sido- (collateral, incidental, sidelong, sideways), lateral. (various references)

Thai		เกี่ยวกับ�"้านข้าง. (various references)

Turkish		yanal, yan dal, yan ünsüz, yan (ancillary, aslant, asquint, awry, by-, bye-, collateral, flank, flanking, parietal, side, sidelong, sideward, subordinate). (various references)

Ukranian		латеральний, боковий, побічний (accidental, adventitious, collateral, extraneous, incident, indirect). (various references)

Vietnamese		vật bên, phần bên, bộ phận bên, ở bên (sidelong). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Lateral

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	lateralis. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Lateral

Derivations
	Words beginning with "lateral": lateraled, lateraling, lateralization, lateralizations, lateralize, lateralized, lateralizes, lateralizing, lateralled, lateralling, laterally, laterals. (additional references)
	Words ending with "lateral": bilateral, collateral, contralateral, dorsolateral, equilateral, ipsilateral, multilateral, posterolateral, quadrilateral, trilateral, unilateral, ventrolateral. (additional references)
	Words containing "lateral": bilateralism, bilateralisms, bilaterally, collateralities, collaterality, collateralize, collateralized, collateralizes, collateralizing, collaterally, collaterals, ipsilaterally, multilateralism, multilateralisms, multilateralist, multilateralists, multilaterally, quadrilaterals, unilaterally. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Lateral" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alterial, alterum, ateral, Catteral, Hatherall, kleetra, laetrial, latea, latera, latere, laterial, Latero, laterral, Latirel, latteral, lattoral, Lazerdale, leatril, litera, literall, lteral, luteal, lutreola, Lutterel, Lutterell. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Lateral"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "lateral" (pronounced la"terul)
6	l a" t er u l	bilateral, collateral, multilateral, trilateral, 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.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Lateral

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-l-r-t"
	-1 letter: taller.
	-2 letters: alate, alert, altar, alter, areal, artal, artel, later, ratal, ratel, reata, talar, taler.
	-3 letters: alae, alar, area, earl, late, leal, lear, rale, rate, real, tael, tala, tale, tall, tare, teal, tear, tela, tell.
	-4 letters: aal, ala, ale, all, alt, are, art, ate, ear, eat, ell, era, eta, lar, lat, lea, let, rat, ret, tae, tar, tea, tel.
	-5 letters: aa, ae, al, ar, at, el, er, et, la, re, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-l-r-t"
	+1 letter: arillate, laterals, patellar.
	+2 letters: alterable, alterably, bilateral, lateraled, laterally, relatable, waterfall.
	+3 letters: alleviator, alliterate, arterially, carnallite, carpellate, collateral, extralegal, fastballer, flatlander, lateraling, lateralize, lateralled, malapertly, materially, maternally, mortadella, parentally, paternally, portabella, prenatally, reallocate, relational, saltarelli, saltarello, saltcellar, tarantella, tattersall, trilateral, ultraclean, unilateral, waterfalls.
	+4 letters: acropetally, alkalimeter, alkalimetry, alleviators, alliterated, alliterates, allografted, allopatries, alternately, ancestrally, antiliberal, aquarellist, articulable, bacterially, bilaterally, carnallites, caterpillar, collaborate, collaterals, elaborately, equilateral, erratically, fastballers, flatlanders, fraternally, gallantries, inalterable, inalterably, ipsilateral, lateralized, lateralizes, lateralling, leatherleaf, matrilineal, mortadellas, patrilineal, perinatally, portabellas, racquetball, rallentando, ratatouille, reallocated, reallocates, recalculate, relocatable, saltarellos, saltcellars, tarantellas, tattersalls, trailblazer, trailerable, unalterable, unalterably.
	+5 letters: alkalimeters, alliterating, alliteration, alliterative, alterability, anticlerical, antiliberals, antiparallel, aquarellists, archetypally, articulately, artilleryman, bilateralism, biparentally, caterpillars, circulatable, collaborated, collaborates, collaterally, correlatable, dorsolateral, extralegally, extralimital, extralogical, extramurally, fragmentally, hieratically, interglacial, lateralizing, multilateral, octahedrally, operatically, ornamentally, parenterally, premaritally, racquetballs, ratatouilles, reallocating, reallocation, recalculated, recalculates, relationally, sacerdotally, tetragonally, theatrically, trailblazers, translatable, trophallaxes, turbellarian, ultracareful, ultraliberal, ultrarealism, ultrarealist, unilaterally.
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