bilateraladj.
/bʌɪˈlatərəl/ a. Of, pertaining to, affecting, or arranged upon two sides; disposed on opposite sides of an axis.
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > of or relating to two sides
bilateral1775
bilat1894
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Bilateral, Having two sides, both by the father and mother's side.
1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 165 That bilateral symmetry of the skeleton.
b. Law. Pertaining to or affecting two parties.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adjective] > relating to two parties involved
bilateral1818
1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 16 Contracts are either unilateral or bilateral.
1835 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. IV. xxvii. 88 Bound to perform the other part of the bilateral engagement.
c. Pertaining to or concerning two countries (only), esp. of the trade and financial agreements made between them. Cf. multilateral adj.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [adjective] > multilateral relations
multilateral1858
bilateral1935
multipolar1952
trilateral1965
1935 Economist 2 Feb. 279/2 Those countries with which bilateral trade agreements have been concluded.
1937 Sunday Times 24 Jan. 19/3 The Duce now pins his faith to bi-lateral agreements.
d. Education. Of a secondary school or its educational system: providing two of the three possible types of course (‘grammar’, ‘modern’, or ‘technical’).
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society > education > [adjective] > system of education
Lancasterian1807
heuristical1819
Pestalozzian1826
heuristic1844
progressive1860
Philanthropinist1864
Chautauqua1873
Froebelian1873
Fröbel1875
co-educational1881
extramural1884
Arnoldian1888
co-ed1889
Montessori1912
Montessorian1912
work–study1924
essentialist1938
bilateral1947
Piagetian1960
open-ended1961
home-schooling1963
Nuffield1964
binary1965
1947 Min. Educ. Circular CXLIV. 1/2 Combinations of two or more types of secondary education are often referred to as bilateral, multilateral or comprehensive... A bilateral school means one which is organised to provide for any two of the three main elements of secondary education, i.e. modern, technical or grammar.
1957 Economist 12 Oct. 103/1 Surrey is developing many grammar school courses in ‘bilateral schools’.
Derivatives
biˈlaterally adv. in a bilateral manner, on both sides.
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adverb] > on one or both sides
sidelings?a1425
unilaterally1830
bilaterally1849
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > [adverb] > both
both twoc1275
both the two?1473
—— and —— both two1483
bilaterally1849
ambilaterally1934
1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria App. D. 540 Growing bilaterally and branching regularly.
1871 E. Poste in tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis i. Introd. 8 A judgment may be bilaterally penal..may both impoverish the defendant and enrich the plaintiff.
biˈlateraˌlism n. bilateral condition, arrangement on opposite sides of an axis.
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > quality of having sides > specific number
unilaterality1844
bilateralism1849
two-sidedness1863
bilateralness1880
bilaterality1884
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > multilateral relations
multilateralism1928
bilateralism1949
multipolarity1968
trilateralism1976
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 850/1 The idea of bilateralism is by no means included in our definition of symmetry.
1949 Times 10 Sept. Bilateralism..has acquired a special meaning from..recent trade and financial agreements between this country and other individual countries..marked by two main principles: (1) that an equal value of trade on each side is aimed at; (2) that the proceeds of each country's exports can be spent only in the country concerned.
1959 Times Rev. Industry Sept. 100/2 Bilateralism..aims at securing a market for each of the partners' products.
bilateˈrality n.
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > quality of having sides > specific number
unilaterality1844
bilateralism1849
two-sidedness1863
bilateralness1880
bilaterality1884
1884 W. James in Mind Apr. 282 Neither rightness nor leftness, except through bi-laterality.
1901 G. N. Calkins Protozoa vi. 172 In Dileptus..where bilaterality and asymmetry are well established.
biˈlateralness n.
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > quality of having sides > specific number
unilaterality1844
bilateralism1849
two-sidedness1863
bilateralness1880
bilaterality1884
1880 Nature 15 Jan. 262/1 The phenomenon of bilateralness in the prothallia of ferns.
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adj.1775