Definition of lateral

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

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Zygomorphous :: Zygomorphous (a.) Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane..
Dendroc/la :: Dendroc/la (n. pl.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets..
Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants..
Epipodium :: Epipodium (n.) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.
Procoele :: Procoele (n.) A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain.
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..
Praecornu :: Praecornu (n.) The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
Side :: Side (a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral..
Leeway :: Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
Protohippus :: Protohippus (n.) A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small..
Pentacle :: Pentacle (n.) A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages..
Koklass :: Koklass (n.) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras..
Sidewise :: Sidewise (adv.) On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.
Quadrilateralness :: Quadrilateralness (n.) The property of being quadrilateral.
Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..
Parallelogram :: Parallelogram (n.) A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than it is broad, and with right angles..
Culminate :: Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals..
Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..
Cosinage :: Cosinage (n.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation..
Fasciated :: Fasciated (a.) Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb..
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