lateral (n.)

  1. a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

    [ Syn: lateral pass ]

    lateral (adj.)

  1. situated at or extending to the side; the lateral branches of a tree; shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson

    [ Syn: sidelong ]

  2. lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; lateral lemniscus'

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