lateraladjective
uk/ˈlæt.ər.əl/us/ˈlæt̬.ɚ.əl/[ before noun ] formal or specialized biology, medical relating to the sides of an object or plant or to sideways movement:
lateral movement
Trim the lateral shoots of the flower (= the ones that grow sideways from the main stem of a plant).
specialized phonetics A lateral consonant is made when the flow of air is blocked in the middle, so that the air flows to the side:
In English, /l/ is lateral.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surfaces of objects
- -backed
- back
- base
- bed
- crust
- face
- facet
- flange
- front
- nap
- plate
- rear
- reverse
- side
- superficialis
- surface
- surface area
- underneath
- underside
- ventral
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