Pertaining to sounds that are 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 the air passage
(1) A branch canal or pipeline that diverges from the main canal or other branches (2) (Irrigation) A water project or irrigation conveyance structure, smaller than a canal intended to convey water away from the main canal or ditch (3) (Water Quality) A municipal wastewater drain pipe that connects a home or business to a branch or main line
A minor ditch headgating off the main ditch used to direct water onto the land A ditch may have many laterals, depending on the amount of acreage irrigated, the slope of the land, and the rate of seepage losses (Rice (1991))
Lateral means relating to the sides of something, or moving in a sideways direction. McKinnon estimated the lateral movement of the bridge to be between four and six inches. + laterally lat·er·al·ly Shafts were sunk, with tunnels dug laterally
A word referring to the "side of" something Lateral branches are those growing out of the sides of other branches Lateral veins would be those coming from the mid-vein of a leaf [To return to previous page, click your browser's BACK button then scroll through the page to your last location]
Deadline by which a bill must move to the final referral committee ("lateral" because the bills move "sideways"--from one committee to another within each house--rather than "forward" from the House to the Senate or vice versa)
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus" situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
a pass thrown to a teammate backwards from the teams line of scrimmage or parallel to it; unlike a forward pass (which can be thrown only once per play), players may lateral the ball as often as they want