lateral
la
ˈlÃĻ
lā
te
tɜ
tē
ral
rəl
rēl
/lˈÃĻtəɹə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lateral"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāϏ, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϏ

(in American football) a pass thrown either sideways or backward to another player
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team 's trick play involved a lateral followed by a long forward pass to the end zone.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻĢāϰ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦ āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻž

a side growth or extension, such as a branch or shoot, emerging from the main stem or structure of a plant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tomato plants often produce laterals that should be trimmed to promote fruit development.
āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻŸā§‹ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻĢāϞ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāϕ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•

a speech sound produced by allowing the airflow to pass along the sides of the tongue
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child struggled with pronouncing the lateral properly, substituting it with a different sound.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ, āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ

situated at or directed toward the side or sides
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the storm intensified, strong lateral winds pushed the trees sideways.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•

situated toward the outer sides of the body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lateral incision healed more slowly than the midline incision on his abdomen.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇āϰ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ, āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ

(of a speech sound) produced by allowing air to flow around the sides of the tongue
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Linguists classify lateral sounds based on how air flows around the tongue during articulation.
āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āϝ⧇āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•

(of a movement, transfer, etc.) occurring at the same level within an organization or between two organizations, without a change in rank or hierarchy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company ’s lateral hires brought fresh ideas while maintaining industry expertise.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

trilateral
lateral
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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