Adjective lateral has 2 senses
- lateral, sidelong - situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
Antonym: top (indirect, via bottom, side)
Antonym: bottom (indirect, via side, top)
- lateral - lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus"
Antonym: mesial (indirect, via distal)
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Noun lateral has 1 sense
- lateral pass, lateral - a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
--1 is a kind of pass, passing play, passing game, passing
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