Longitudinal vs. Lateral
Longitudinaladjective
Relating to length, or to longitude.
Longitudinaladjective
Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.
Longitudinaladjective
Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.
Longitudinaladjective
Sampling data over time rather than merely once.
Longitudinalnoun
Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
Longitudinalnoun
A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Longitudinaladjective
Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.
Longitudinaladjective
Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body.
Longitudinalnoun
A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Longitudinaladjective
of or relating to lines of longitude;
Longitudinaladjective
running lengthwise;
Longitudinaladjective
over an extended time;
Lateraladjective
To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
Lateraladjective
Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.
Lateraladjective
(anatomy) Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline.
Lateraladjective
(physics) At right angles to a line of motion or strain.
Lateraladjective
Pertaining to sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tip of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.
Lateralnoun
An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.
Lateralnoun
(linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).
Lateralnoun
(American football) A lateral pass.
Lateralnoun
(business) An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.
Lateralverb
To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.
Lateralverb
(American football) To execute a lateral pass.
Lateraladjective
Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.
Lateraladjective
Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; - opposed to mesial.
Lateraladjective
Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.
Lateralnoun
A short pass to a receiver who is upfield from the passer, i.e. is behind the passer relative to the direction of the passer's goal.
Lateralnoun
A part or extension of something that points sideways, as a drift in a mine that goes to the side from the main one.
Lateralverb
To pass the footbal to a receiver who is behind the passer; to make a lateral pass; as, the ball was lateraled to the fullback, who ran it for a touchdown.
Lateralnoun
a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
Lateraladjective
situated at or extending to the side;
Lateraladjective
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body;
