Definition of lateral

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Lateral (a.) Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing..

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Ichthyopterygium :: Ichthyopterygium (n.) The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes..
Postcornu :: Postcornu (n.) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
Unilateral :: Unilateral (a.) Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side..
Lemniscate :: Lemniscate (n.) A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center..
Hybodont :: Hybodont (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a principal median cone with smaller lateral ones..
Haunch :: Haunch (n.) The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
Octahedron :: Octahedron (n.) A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.
Plumulose :: Plumulose (a.) Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather..
Quadrilateralness :: Quadrilateralness (n.) The property of being quadrilateral.
Roundfish :: Roundfish (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska..
Quadrilateral :: Quadrilateral (a.) Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular..
Cousin :: Cousin (n.) One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt..
Brachiolaria :: Brachiolaria (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
Hippocampus :: Hippocampus (n.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar..
Flews :: Flews (n. pl.) The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound..
Multilateral :: Multilateral (a.) Having many sides; many-sided.
Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..
Flanker :: Flanker (v. t.) To defend by lateral fortifications.
Collateral :: Collateral (a.) Acting in an indirect way.
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