Lateral vs. Horizontal

Lateral vs. Horizontal — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Lateral and Horizontal

Lateraladjective

To the side; of or pertaining to the side.

Instead of a promotion, I opted for a lateral move to a similar position in the marketing department.

Horizontaladjective

Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

Lateraladjective

Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.

Horizontaladjective

(marketing) Relating to horizontal markets.

Lateraladjective

(anatomy) Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline.

The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.A fish senses changes in hydrodynamic pressure with its lateral line.

Horizontaladjective

(archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.

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Lateraladjective

(physics) At right angles to a line of motion or strain.

Horizontaladjective

(wine tasting) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.

Lateraladjective

Pertaining to sounds 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 air passage.

Horizontalnoun

A horizontal component of a structure.

Lateralnoun

An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.

Horizontalnoun

(geology) horizon

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Lateralnoun

(linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).

Horizontalnoun

A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum.

Lateralnoun

(American football) A lateral pass.

Horizontalnoun

something that is oriented horizontally

Lateralnoun

(business) An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.

Horizontaladjective

parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line;

a horizontal surfacea vertical camera anglethe monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slabmeasure the perpendicular height

Lateralverb

To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.

Lateralverb

(American football) To execute a lateral pass.

Lateralnoun

a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

Lateraladjective

situated at or extending to the side;

the lateral branches of a treeshot out sidelong boughs

Lateraladjective

lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body;

lateral lemniscus