lateral B2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈlætəɹəl/ UK /ˈlæt(ə)ɹəl/ See IPA manual Freq #18708 Meanings 1 adj lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body Lateral lemniscus. 2 adj situated at or extending to the side The lateral branches of a tree. 3 adj To the side; of or pertaining to the side. The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral. 4 noun A lateral canal, a canal built alongside an existing stream. […] Canal and laterals, section 4, and the first part of section 5; and Miller Canal and laterals. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · situated at or extending to... sidelong ↔ Opposites longitudinalvertical Word family Derived forms acousticolateralambilateralanterodorsolateralanterolateralapicolateralaxiolateralbasilateralbasolateralbilateralcaudolateralcentrolateralcollateral Common collocations lateral ventricle Adjective + noun Etymology Borrowed from Latin laterālis (“belonging to the side”), from latus (“the side or flank”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # lateral **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈlætəɹəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈlæt(ə)ɹəl/ **Frequency rank:** 18708 ## Meanings 1. lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body 2. situated at or extending to the side 3. To the side; of or pertaining to the side. 4. A lateral canal, a canal built alongside an existing stream. ## Examples - Lateral lemniscus. - The lateral branches of a tree. - The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral. - […] Canal and laterals, section 4, and the first part of section 5; and Miller Canal and laterals. ## Antonyms - longitudinal - vertical ## Derived Forms - acousticolateral - ambilateral - anterodorsolateral - anterolateral - apicolateral - axiolateral - basilateral - basolateral - bilateral - caudolateral - centrolateral - collateral ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin laterālis (“belonging to the side”), from latus (“the side or flank”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown