What is the meaning of lateral?

noun

  • A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer.

adjective

  • Situated at or extending to the side."the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson
  • Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body.
    • usage: "lateral lemniscus"
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