noun
- A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer.
- synonyms: lateral pass
adjective
- Situated at or extending to the side."the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson
- synonyms: sidelong
- Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body.
- usage: "lateral lemniscus"
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