Longitudinal vs. Lateral

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

Longitudinaladjective

Relating to length, or to longitude.

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.

Longitudinaladjective

Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.

Lateraladjective

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

Longitudinaladjective

Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.

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.
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Longitudinaladjective

Sampling data over time rather than merely once.

Lateraladjective

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

Longitudinalnoun

Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.

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.

Longitudinalnoun

A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

Lateralnoun

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

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Longitudinaladjective

of or relating to lines of longitude;

longitudinal reckoning by the navigator

Lateralnoun

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

Longitudinaladjective

running lengthwise;

a thin longitudinal striplongitudinal measurements of the hull

Lateralnoun

(American football) A lateral pass.

Longitudinaladjective

over an extended time;

a longitudinal study of twins

Lateralnoun

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

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