different between bilateral vs antitropy

English

Etymology

From bi- +? lateral.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ba??læt???l/
• Rhymes: -æt???l

Adjective

bilateral (comparative more bilateral, superlative most bilateral)

1. Having two sides.
2. Involving both sides equally.
3. (of an agreement) Binding on both of the two parties involved.
4. Having bilateral symmetry.
5. (anthropology) Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

bilateral (plural bilaterals)

1. A meeting between two people or groups.

Anagrams

• trailable, trialable

Catalan

Etymology

From bi- +? lateral.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bi.l?.t???al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /bi.la.te??al/

Adjective

bilateral (masculine and feminine plural bilaterals)

1. bilateral

Derived terms

• bilateralitat

Further reading

• “bilateral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bilateral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “bilateral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bilateral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

bi- +? lateral

Adjective

bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais)

1. bilateral

Further reading

• “bilateral” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

bi- +? lateral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bi?lat???a?l]
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

bilateral (not comparable)

1. bilateral

Declension

Further reading

• “bilateral” in Duden online

Interlingua

Adjective

bilateral (not comparable)

1. bilateral

Luxembourgish

Adjective

bilateral (masculine bilateralen, neuter bilateraalt, not comparable)

1. bilateral

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From bi- +? lateral, from Latin lateralis, compare with Latin bilateralis.

Adjective

bilateral (masculine and feminine bilateral, neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)

1. bilateral

References

• “bilateral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bilateral” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From bi- +? lateral, from Latin lateralis.

Adjective

bilateral (masculine and feminine bilateral, neuter bilateralt, definite singular and plural bilaterale)

1. bilateral

References

• “bilateral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From bi- +? lateral.

Adjective

bilateral m or f (plural bilaterais, comparable)

1. bilateral

Romanian

Etymology

From French bilatéral

Adjective

bilateral m or n (feminine singular bilateral?, masculine plural bilaterali, feminine and neuter plural bilaterale)

1. two-way

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From bi- +? lateral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilate??al/, [bi.la.t?e??al]

Adjective

bilateral (plural bilaterales)

1. bilateral

Derived terms

• bilateralizar
• bilateralmente

Further reading

• “bilateral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

anti- +? -tropy

Noun

antitropy (uncountable)

1. (botany) A disposition of opposed, asymmetric leaves where a pair of leaves displays bilateral symmetry.