lateral
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laterālis (“belonging to the side”), from latus (“the side or flank”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Base: latus
Affixes: -ālis
Inflected forms:
form: more lateral
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most lateral
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: laterals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: laterals
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lateraling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: lateralling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: lateraled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: lateraled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: lateralled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: lateralled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
pos: adj
examples: The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
A fish senses changes in hydrodynamic pressure with its lateral line.
gloss: To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
pos: adj
examples: The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
gloss: To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
pos: adj
gloss: To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
pos: adj
examples: Instead of a promotion, I opted for a lateral move to a similar position in the marketing department.
lateral hiring
a lateral transfer
gloss: Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking; outside the box.
pos: adj
tags: UK
gloss: (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.
pos: adj
gloss: An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.
pos: noun
gloss: A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).
pos: noun
gloss: A lateral pass.
pos: noun
gloss: An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.
pos: noun
gloss: A lateral canal, a canal built alongside an existing stream.
pos: noun
examples: […] Canal and laterals, section 4, and the first part of section 5; and Miller Canal and laterals.
Two-thirds of the drownings, or 103, occurred along the back of the canal or lateral. […] 4 drownings per year occurred in reaches of canals or laterals protected by fencing.
gloss: To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.
pos: verb
gloss: To execute a lateral pass.
pos: verb
Antonyms: longitudinal
vertical
Related words: vastus lateralis
Derived words: acousticolateral
ambilateral
anterodorsolateral
anterolateral
apicolateral
axiolateral
basolateral
basilateral
bilateral
caudolateral
centrolateral
collateral
contralateral
controlateral
costolateral
counterlateral
craniolateral
dextrolateral
distolateral
dorsolateral
ectolateral
equilateral
fricolateral
frontolateral
hemilateral
heterolateral
homolateral
inferolateral
intermediolateral
ipsilateral
isolateral
labiolateral
lateral aberration
lateral area
lateral canthus
lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
lateral cuneiform bone
lateral flow test
lateral fricative
lateral gene transfer
lateral geniculate nucleus
lateral hood
lateralise
lateralism
lateralist
laterality
lateralize
lateral line
laterally
lateral malleolus
lateral mal
lateral mark
lateral meningocele syndrome
lateral meristem
lateral moraine
lateralmost
lateraloccipital
lateral pass
lateral pectoral nerve
lateral pontine syndrome
lateral pterygoid muscle
lateral pterygoid nerve
lateral pterygoid plate
lateral raise
lateral rectus
lateral scale
lateral sclerosis
lateral sinus
lateral stratum
lateral sulcus
lateral surface
lateral thinker
lateral thinking
lateral transfer
lateralward
latericorn
latero-
laterolateral
left lateral
linguolateral
longilateral
matrilateral
mediolateral
mesiolateral
mesolateral
midlateral
monolateral
multilateral
nonlateral
obliquolateral
occipitolateral
octavolateral
octolateral
omnilateral
orbitolateral
palmarolateral
paralateral
patrilateral
plantolateral
plantarolateral
plurilateral
polylateral
posterolateral
posteriolateral
prolateral
proximolateral
quadrilateral
quinquelateral
retrolateral
right lateral
rostrolateral
sacrolateral
semilateral
septilateral
septolateral
sinistrolateral
sublateral
superolateral
supralateral
temporolateral
tetralateral
trilateral
unilateral
ventrolateral
ventrosublateral
lateraling
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: anshëm
lang: Armenian
word: կողմնային
roman: koġmnayin
lang: Bulgarian
word: страничен
roman: straničen
lang: Catalan
word: lateral
lang: Czech
word: postranní
lang: Czech
word: boční
lang: Esperanto
word: lateralo
lang: Finnish
word: sivuttainen
lang: Finnish
word: sivu-
lang: French
word: latéral
lang: Galician
word: lateral
lang: German
word: lateral
lang: German
word: seitlich
lang: German
word: Seiten-
lang: Hungarian
word: oldalsó
lang: Hungarian
word: oldalirányú
lang: Hungarian
word: oldal-
lang: Ido
word: laterala
lang: Irish
word: cliathánach
lang: Italian
word: laterale
lang: Japanese
word: 横
roman: yoko
lang: Persian
word: جانبی
roman: jânebi
lang: Persian
word: کناری
roman: kenâri
lang: Polish
word: lateralny
lang: Polish
word: boczny
lang: Portuguese
word: lateral
lang: Romanian
word: lateral
lang: Russian
word: боково́й
roman: bokovój
lang: Russian
word: латера́льный
roman: latɛrálʹnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бочни
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: латералан
lang: Spanish
word: lateral
lang: Tagalog
word: panagiliran