LATERAL


Meaning of LATERAL in English

— laterally , adv.

/lat"euhr euhl/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.

2. pertaining to or entailing a position, office, etc., that is different but equivalent or roughly equivalent in status, as distinguished from a promotion or demotion: a lateral move.

3. Phonet. articulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as l.

n.

4. a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.

5. Mining. a small drift off to the side of a principal one.

6. Phonet. a lateral speech sound.

7. Football. See lateral pass .

v.i.

8. Football. to throw a lateral pass.

9. to move laterally or sideways: migrating birds lateraling down into Cape May.

v.t.

10. Football. to throw (the ball) in a lateral pass.

[ 1590-1600; lateralis of the side, equiv. to later- (s. of latus ) side + -alis -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .