Definition of lateral

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

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Wall :: Wall (n.) The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
Axle Guard :: Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England..
Clinodiagonal :: Clinodiagonal (n.) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See Crystallization.
Toe :: Toe (n.) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved..
Adnate :: Adnate (a.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
Kite :: Kite (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry..
Transfer :: Transfer (n.) A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
Medicornu :: Medicornu (n.) The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
Equilateral :: Equilateral (a.) Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon..
Roundfish :: Roundfish (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska..
Epimeron :: Epimeron (n.) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum.
Unilateral :: Unilateral (a.) Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.
Pleurocarpous :: Pleurocarpous (a.) Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to acrocarpous.
Orthodiagonal :: Orthodiagonal (n.) The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.
Sidelong :: Sidelong (a.) Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance..
Brachydome :: Brachydome (n.) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome.
Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) Side by side; by the side.
Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants..
Side :: Side (a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral..
Praecornu :: Praecornu (n.) The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
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