Usually means: Positioned at or from side.
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We found 61 dictionaries that define the word lateral:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. lateral: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. lateral: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lateral: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lateral: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lateral: Vocabulary.com
  6. Lateral, lateral: Wordnik
  7. lateral: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. lateral: Wiktionary
  9. lateral: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. lateral: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. lateral: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. lateral: Dictionary.com
  13. lateral: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. lateral: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Lateral (anatomy), Lateral: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Lateral: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. lateral: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. lateral: Rhymezone
  19. Lateral, lateral: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. lateral: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. lateral: Free Dictionary
  22. lateral: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. lateral: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lateral: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. -lateral, lateral-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  3. Lateral: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lateral: Futures and Options Market Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lateral: Encyclopedia

Medicine (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Lateral: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Orthodontic Terms (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Lateral: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of Skeletal Anatomy (No longer online)
  8. lateral: Medical dictionary
  9. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  10. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  11. Lateral: Drug Medical Dictionary
  12. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)
  13. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  14. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Lateral: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. Bryological (No longer online)
  5. Lateral: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  6. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LATERAL: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  3. Lateral: Sports Definitions

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. lateral: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Dictionary for Avionics (No longer online)
  5. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  6. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of Landscape Irrigation Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See lateraled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
adjective:  (anatomy, zootomy) Situated on one side or other of the body or of an organ, especially in the region furthest from the median plane.
adjective:  (pathology) Affecting the side or sides of the body, or confined to one side of the body.
adjective:  (physics) Acting or placed at right angles to a line of motion or strain.
adjective:  (UK) Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.
adjective:  (phonetics, phonology) (of a consonant, especially the English clear l) Pertaining to speech sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tongue, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.
noun:  An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.
noun:  (linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).
noun:  (American football) A lateral pass.
noun:  (business) An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.
noun:  A lateral canal, a canal built alongside an existing stream.
verb:  To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.
verb:  (American football) To execute a lateral pass.

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