lateral
adjective
[ ˈlat(ə)r(ə)l ]
• of, at, towards, or from the side or sides.
• "the plant takes up water through its lateral roots"
Similar:
sideways,
sidewise,
sidelong,
sideward,
edgewise,
edgeways,
side,
flank,
wing,
indirect,
oblique,
slanting,
• involving lateral thinking.
• "he's very creative in a lateral way"
• (of a consonant, especially the English clear l ) pronounced with partial closure of the air passage by the tongue, which is so placed as to allow the breath to flow on one or both sides of the point of contact.
lateral
noun
• a side part of something, especially a shoot or branch growing out from the side of a stem.
• "cut back all the laterals to within two buds of the main stem"
• a lateral consonant.
• a pass thrown either sideways or back.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin lateralis, from latus, later- ‘side’.
