- Look up
lateral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Lateral is a
geometric term of
location which may also
refer to:
Lateral (anatomy), a term of location...
- The term
laterality refers to the
preference most
humans show for one side of
their body over the other.
Examples include left-handedness/right-handedness...
- A
lateral eruption or
lateral blast is a
volcanic eruption which is
directed laterally from a
volcano rather than
upwards from the summit.
Lateral eruptions...
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lateral approximants is ⟨l⟩, and the
equivalent X-SAMPA
symbol is l. As a sonorant,
lateral approximants are
nearly always voiced.
Voiceless lateral approximants...
- a
posterior direction,
initially laterally but
subsequently curving medially and
lilting inferiorly on the
lateral side. The
tapetum of the
corpus callosum...
- axis of the body,
carried out by
internal rotators.
External rotation (
lateral rotation or extorsion) is
rotation away from the
center of the body, carried...
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Lateral thinking is a
manner of
solving problems using an
indirect and
creative approach via
reasoning that is not
immediately obvious.
Synonymous to...
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Lateral support may mean:
Lateral support, a type of
support (structure) to help
prevent sideways movement Lateral and
subjacent support, a
legal term...
- The
lateral line, also
called the
lateral line
organ (LLO), is a
system of
sensory organs found in fish, used to
detect movement, vibration, and pressure...
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also
known as
motor neuron disease (MND) or (in the
United States) Lou Gehrig's
disease (LGD), is a rare, terminal...
