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Lateral

Lateral Meaning & Definition
Lateral Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lateral?

[n] a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
[adj] lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus"
[adj] situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lateral: distal | lateral pass | side(a) | sidelong

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See Also | pass | passing | passing game | passing play

Lateral In Webster's Dictionary

\Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. lat['e]ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.

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