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Lateral vs. Horizontal

Lateral and Horizontal Definitions

Lateral

Of, relating to, or situated at or on the side.

Horizontal

Of, relating to, or near the horizon.

Lateral

Of or constituting a change within an organization or hierarchy to a position at a similar level, as in salary or responsibility, to the one being left
Made a lateral move within the company.

Horizontal

Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon.

Lateral

(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or being a sound produced by breath passing along one or both sides of the tongue.

Horizontal

At right angles to a vertical line.
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Lateral

A lateral part, projection, passage, or appendage.

Horizontal

Occupying or restricted to the same level in a hierarchy
A horizontal study of verbal ability.
A horizontal transfer by an employee.

Lateral

(Football) A lateral pass.

Horizontal

(Medicine) Of or relating to transmission of infection by contact with or physical proximity to an infected individual or fomite.

Lateral

(Linguistics) A lateral sound, such as (l).

Horizontal

Something, such as a line, plane, or object, that is horizontal.
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Lateral

To execute a lateral pass.

Horizontal

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

Lateral

To pass (the ball) sideways or backward.

Horizontal

(marketing) Relating to horizontal markets

Lateral

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.

Horizontal

(archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
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Lateral

Situated on one side or other of the body or of an organ, especially in the region furthest from the median plane.
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.

Horizontal

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

Lateral

(disease) Affecting the side or sides of the body, or confined to one side of the body.

Horizontal

Having the two notes sound successively.

Lateral

(physics) Acting or placed at right angles to a line of motion or strain.

Horizontal

Relating to sexual intercourse.
Horizontal tango

Lateral

(UK) Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.

Horizontal

A horizontal component of a structure.

Lateral

Pertaining to speech sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tongue, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.

Horizontal

(geology) Horizon.

Lateral

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

Horizontal

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

Lateral

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

Horizontal

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

Lateral

(American football) A lateral pass.

Horizontal

Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.

Lateral

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

Horizontal

Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance.

Lateral

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

Horizontal

Something that is oriented horizontally

Lateral

(American football) To execute a lateral pass.

Horizontal

Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line;
A horizontal surface
A vertical camera angle
The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab
Measure the perpendicular height

Lateral

Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.

Lateral

Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; - opposed to mesial.

Lateral

Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.

Lateral

A short pass to a receiver who is upfield from the passer, i.e. is behind the passer relative to the direction of the passer's goal.

Lateral

A part or extension of something that points sideways, as a drift in a mine that goes to the side from the main one.

Lateral

To pass the footbal to a receiver who is behind the passer; to make a lateral pass; as, the ball was lateraled to the fullback, who ran it for a touchdown.

Lateral

A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

Lateral

Situated at or extending to the side;
The lateral branches of a tree
Shot out sidelong boughs

Lateral

Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body;
Lateral lemniscus

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