different between quadrilateral vs lateral

English

Etymology

From Latin quadrilaterus, quadri- (“four”) + Latin later?lis (“sided”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?d.???læt.??.?l/
• enPR: kwäd'-r?-l?t?-?r-?l
• Rhymes: -æt???l

Noun

quadrilateral (plural quadrilaterals)

1. A polygon with four sides.
2. An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other.

   The Venetian quadrilateral comprised Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:quadrilateral

Translations

Adjective

quadrilateral (not comparable)

1. Having four sides.

Translations

Portuguese

Adjective

quadrilateral m or f (plural quadrilaterais, comparable)

1. quadrilateral (having four sides)

   Synonym: quadrilátero

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin later?lis (“belonging to the side”), from latus (“the side or flank”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læt.?.??l/, /?læt.??l/
• Rhymes: -æt???l

Adjective

lateral (comparative more lateral, superlative most lateral)

1. To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
   1. (anatomy, zootomy) Situated on one side or other of the body or of an organ, especially in the region furthest from the median plane.

      Antonym: medial

   2. (medicine) Affecting the side or sides of the body, or confined to one side of the body.
   3. (physics) Acting or placed at right angles to a line of motion or strain.
2. (Britain) Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.
3. (phonetics, phonology) (of a consonant, especially the English clear l) Pertaining to sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tip of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.

Antonyms

• (geometric): longitudinal, vertical

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}

Derived terms

Related terms

• vastus lateralis

Translations

Noun

lateral (plural laterals)

1. An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.
2. (linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).

   Coordinate terms: approximant, fricative, nasal, trill, plosive

3. (American football) A lateral pass.
4. (business) An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.

Translations

See also

• lateral consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

lateral (third-person singular simple present laterals, present participle lateralling or lateraling, simple past and past participle lateralled or lateraled)

1. To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.
2. (American football) To execute a lateral pass.

Derived terms

• lateraling

References

• “lateral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “lateral”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• lateral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin later?lis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lateral (masculine and feminine plural laterals)

1. lateral

Derived terms

• lateralitzar
• lateralment

Noun

lateral m or f (plural laterals)

1. wingback
2. (castells) a casteller in the pinya, who stands beside the baix and holds the legs of one of the segons to prevent them from swaying sideways.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

In the 20th century, from Latin later?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /late??a?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

lateral (not comparable)

1. lateral

Declension

Interlingua

Adjective

lateral (not comparable)

1. lateral

Portuguese

Adjective

lateral m or f (plural laterais, comparable)

1. lateral (of, pertaining to or located in the side)
2. of lesser importance

Noun

lateral f (plural laterais)

1. (sports) sideline (line defining the side boundary of a playing field)
2. (sports) throw-in (set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play)
3. (phonetics) lateral (sound in which the airstream proceeds along the sides of the tongue)

Noun

lateral m, f (plural laterais)

1. (sports) winger (offensive player who plays on either side of the centre)

   Synonym: ala

Romanian

Etymology

From French latéral, from Latin lateralis.

Adjective

lateral m or n (feminine singular lateral?, masculine plural laterali, feminine and neuter plural laterale)

1. lateral

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lateralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /late??al/, [la.t?e??al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

lateral (plural laterales)

1. lateral, to the side
2. (linguistics) lateral

Derived terms

• anterolateral
• inferolateral
• saque lateral
• superolateral

Related terms

• lado

Noun

lateral m or f (plural laterales)

1. (soccer) wingback
2. (linguistics) lateral

Further reading

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