[
US
/ˈɫætɝəɫ/
]
[ UK /lˈætəɹəl/ ]
[ UK /lˈætəɹəl/ ]
NOUN
- a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
ADJECTIVE
-
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
lateral lemniscus -
situated at or extending to the side
shot out sidelong boughs
the lateral branches of a tree
How To Use lateral In A Sentence
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- There was no crust of stalagmite overlying the mud in which the human skeleton was found, and no bones of other animals in the mud with the skeleton; but just before our visit in 1860 the tusk of a bear had been met with in some mud in a lateral embranchment of the cave, in a situation precisely similar to b, Figure 1, and on a level corresponding with that of the human skeleton. The Antiquity of Man
- It is an Extended Family Tree - showing all the collateral branches of a family, i.e. all the descendants.
- It avoids a phony moral high ground or fake appeals to the sanctity of multilateralism. Globe and Mail
- To reduce the wing trim drag, the fuselage was fitted with lateral surfaces called chines, which actually converted the forward fuselage into a fixed canard which developed lift.
- Ribs are straight or slightly biconcave and fade on the ventral surface where they merge into the lateral keel.
- He made the declarations while responding to reporters' questions on the bilateral debt forgiveness agreement during yesterday's post-Cabinet news conference at Whitehall.
- In 1537 it was ceded to Angelo Massimi, who commissioned Perino del Vaga to paint frescoes on each of the lateral walls and on the pilasters on either side of the entrance.
- One way to draw this is to start with an equilateral triangle, which has three sides of equal length.
- Rather than be seen as lecturing China on its exchange rate, the United States should be doing even more to push its European allies to allow a larger Chinese voice in multilateral forums. Beyond brinkmanship: A better economic path for the U.S. and China
