lateral
IPA: ɫˈætɝʌɫ
noun
- An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.
- (linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).
- (American football) A lateral pass.
- (business) An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.
verb
- To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.
- (American football) To execute a lateral pass.
adjective
- To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
- (anatomy, zootomy) Situated on one side or other of the body or of an organ, especially in the region furthest from the median plane.
- (pathology) Affecting the side or sides of the body, or confined to one side of the body.
- (physics) Acting or placed at right angles to a line of motion or strain.
- (UK) Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.
- (phonetics, phonology) (of a consonant, especially the English clear l) Pertaining to speech sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tongue, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.
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Examples of "lateral" in Sentences
- The platform is then shifted laterally.
- The answer to both your problems lies in lateral thinking.
- The angle is measured on a frog lateral view of the bilateral hips.
- -- The term lateral should be understood, as applied to aeroplanes.
- Next to the central object, as the lateral teeth on the lingual membrane.
- Thats what I call lateral thinking, now how about an organic juice bar next door !
- A bit more lateral is him coming up with a rat parachute brigade as reinforcements.
- But I get a bit flustered, though, when it's implied that "hook and lateral" is incorrect.
- Alternative versions of the same basic story will follow their own parallel paths, the sum of these versions constituting a plane, extending sideways, so to speak, in lateral time.
- Mr de Bono, who lives in the Channel Islands, is originator of the term lateral thinking and is widely regarded as the world's leading authority in the field of creative and conceptual thinking.
- On the lateral side may be recognised the _lateral process (external tuberosity) _ of the calcaneus; the _trochlear process (peroneal tubercle) _ on the same bone; the _cuboid_; and the prominent base of the _fifth metatarsal_.
- (Dated Sept. 1943, I must add.) “The sight computes the range and automatically compensates for ballistics and prediction … data input is transmitted to the computing mechanism … After the complete solution, the line of sight is offset the proper amounts from the line of bore, in lateral and vertical planes, to compensate in all deflections.”