lat·er·al 
(lătər-əl)
(lătər-əl)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or situated at or on the side.
2. Of or constituting a change within an organization or hierarchy to a position at a similar level, as in salary or responsibility, to the one being left: made a lateral move within the company.
3. Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a sound produced by breath passing along one or both sides of the tongue.
n.
1. A lateral part, projection, passage, or appendage.
2. Football A lateral pass.
3. Linguistics A lateral sound, such as (l).
v. lat·er·aled, lat·er·al·ing, lat·er·als also lat·er·alled or lat·er·al·ling
Football
Football
v.intr.
To execute a lateral pass.
v.tr.
To pass (the ball) sideways or backward.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin laterālis, from latus, later-, side.]
later·al·ly adv.