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  • Look up lateral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lateral is a geometric term of location which may also refer to: Lateral (anatomy), a term of location...
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  • The term laterality refers to the preference most humans show for one side of their body over the other. Examples include left-handedness/right-handedness...
    30 KB (4,034 words) - 14:55, 27 September 2024
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    A lateral eruption or lateral blast is a volcanic eruption which is directed laterally from a volcano rather than upwards from the summit. Lateral eruptions...
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    The lateral surface of an object is all of the sides of the object, excluding its base and top (when they exist). The lateral surface area is the area...
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    The lateral clicks are a family of click consonants found only in African languages. The clicking sound used by equestrians to urge on their horses is...
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  • Lateral release may refer to: Lateral release (surgery), a surgical procedure Lateral release (phonetics), a type of articulation of a sound This disambiguation...
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    In gridiron football, a lateral pass or lateral (officially backward pass in American football and onside pass in Canadian football) occurs when the ball...
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  • A lateral is a consonant in which the airstream proceeds along one or both of the sides of the tongue, but it is blocked by the tongue from going through...
    17 KB (1,737 words) - 11:24, 29 September 2024
  • In continuum mechanics, lateral strain, also known as transverse strain, is defined as the ratio of the change in diameter of a circular bar of a material...
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    The lateral aperture, lateral aperture of fourth ventricle or foramen of Luschka (after anatomist Hubert von Luschka) is an opening at the lateral extremity...
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  • The lateral retinaculum is the fibrous tissue on the lateral (outer) side of the kneecap (patella). The kneecap has both a medial (on the inner aspect)...
    723 bytes (88 words) - 13:10, 7 June 2021
  • Thumbnail for Lateral hypothalamus
    The lateral hypothalamus (LH), also called the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA), contains the primary orexinergic nucleus within the hypothalamus that widely...
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  • Thumbnail for Lateral condyle of femur
    The lateral condyle is one of the two projections on the lower extremity of the femur. The other one is the medial condyle. The lateral condyle is the...
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  • Lateral support may mean: Lateral support, a type of support (structure) to help prevent sideways movement Lateral and subjacent support, a legal term...
    259 bytes (59 words) - 17:34, 30 November 2017
  • Thumbnail for Lateral thinking
    Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious. Synonymous to...
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  • Thumbnail for Lateral ventricles
    The lateral ventricles are the two largest ventricles of the brain and contain cerebrospinal fluid. Each cerebral hemisphere contains a lateral ventricle...
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  • Thumbnail for Lateral sulcus
    The lateral sulcus (or lateral fissure, also called Sylvian fissure, after Franciscus Sylvius) is the most prominent sulcus of each cerebral hemisphere...
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    The lateral line, also called the lateral line organ (LLO), is a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure...
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    The lateral lemniscus is a tract of axons in the brainstem that carries information about sound from the cochlear nucleus to various brainstem nuclei...
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  • Lateral communication is "the exchange, imparting or sharing of information, ideas or feelings between people within a community, peer groups, departments...
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