Medial vs. Lateral
Medialadjective
Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
Medialadjective
In or near the middle; not at either end.
Medialadjective
(anatomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the midline.
Medialadjective
(entomology) Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
Medialadjective
(linguistics) Closer to the addressee.
Medialadjective
Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
Medialnoun
Any of various things that occur in the middle.
Medialnoun
One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
Medialadjective
Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.
Medialnoun
See 2d Media.
Medialadjective
dividing an animal into right and left halves
Medialadjective
relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
Medialadjective
situated in the middle.
Medialadjective
situated near the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ
Medialadjective
(of a speech sound) in the middle of a word
Medialadjective
(of a vowel) pronounced in the middle of the mouth; central.
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;
