Longitudinal vs. Lateral
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.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.
Longitudinaladjective
of or relating to lines of longitude;
longitudinal reckoning by the navigatorLateralnoun
(linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).
Longitudinaladjective
running lengthwise;
a thin longitudinal striplongitudinal measurements of the hullLateralnoun
(American football) A lateral pass.
Longitudinaladjective
over an extended time;
a longitudinal study of twinsLateralnoun
(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 boughsLateraladjective
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body;
lateral lemniscus
