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How to pronounce lateral in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sidelong


the lateral branches of a tree.
Type Words
Synonyms lateral pass
Type of pass, passing, passing game, passing play
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lateral lemniscus.

Examples of lateral

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The fish pick up sounds as they travel through the water using the lateral line.
From the guardian.co.uk
Timescale-dependent shaping of correlation by olfactory bulb lateral inhibition.
From the sciencedaily.com
The lateral roots can send up multiple shoots or vines from different locations.
From the dispatch.com
The lateral boundary conditions are obtained from the GFS global model forecast.
From the al.com
Portland was unwilling to concede the victory, coming up with a fumbled lateral.
From the tennessean.com
The third time he touched it, he took a lateral and zipped 65 yards for a score.
From the kentucky.com
Then the Deacons were sucked in by a long lateral to wide receiver Ernest Smith.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Fish have a lateral line system that detects pressure fluctuations in the water.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In rhesus monkeys, the lateral area of the parietal lobe is attuned to movement.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • Situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
  • Lateral pass: a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
  • Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus"
  • (laterally) to or by or from the side; "such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin"
  • (laterally) in a lateral direction or location; "the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally"
  • Standard anatomical terms of location are employed in science which deal with the anatomy of animals to avoid ambiguities which might otherwise arise. They are not language-specific, and thus require no translation. ...
  • (Laterally) Human anatomical terms make up a distinct nomenclature to describe areas of the body, to provide orientation when describing parts of human anatomy, and to distinguish different movements of the body. An understanding of these terms is necessary to study the human body in depth. ...
  • (laterally) Done in a lateral manner; Relating to the direction to the side
  • (Laterals) A wave or hole peeling off an obstacle at an angle.