Longitudinal vs. Lateral

Of or relating to longitude or length

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

Concerned with the development of persons or groups over time

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

Placed or running lengthwise

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

Relating to length, or to longitude.

A lateral part, projection, passage, or appendage.

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

(Football) A lateral pass.

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

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

Sampling data over time rather than merely once.

To execute a lateral pass.

Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.

To pass (the ball) sideways or backward.

(rail transport) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

To the side; of or pertaining to the side.

Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.

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

Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body.

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

A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

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

Of or relating to lines of longitude;

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

Running lengthwise;

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.

Over an extended time;

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

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

(American football) A lateral pass.

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

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

(American football) To execute a lateral pass.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

Situated at or extending to the side;

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