lateral direction

collocation in English

meaningsoflateralanddirection

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lateral
adjective
uk
/ˈlæt.ər.əl/us
/ˈlæt̬.ɚ.əl/
biology,medicalformalorspecialized
relating to the sides of an object or plant or to ...
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direction
noun
uk
/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us
/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition oflateralanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflateral direction

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There are several ways to correct the drifting in thelateraldirection.
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We also assume that the hydrodynamic expansion of the plasma in thelateraldirectionis negligible inside the groove.
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For an axisymmetric body, further destabilization is of course not possible in thelateraldirection downstream of the location where the spot wraps itself around the body.
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In thelateraldirection, a distance x3 = 1.58" corresponds to only 23.7 degrees of arc along the cylinder.
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At the edges, forces are present not only in the vertical direction but possibly also in thelateraldirection, disrupting the cantilever motion.
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Lateral inhibition disables the spreading of action potentials from excited neurons to neighboring neurons in thelateraldirection.
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The scattering due to molecule sized particles (as in air) is greater in the forward and backward directions than it is in thelateraldirection.
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In contrast, during waking, exploratory saccades were present in both lateral directions, but confined to the right hemispace.
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When they are on the ground with their feet side by side, the base of support is wide in thelateraldirectionbut narrow in the sagittal (back-to-front) direction.
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No boundary conditions are imposed in the lateral directions, and initial conditions are unimportant, since we will be interested in the long time behaviour of systems with large lateral dimensions.
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Variation in the spring constants in both radial and lateral directions cause variations in the compressive and restorative forces as the tire rotates.
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The same principles can be applied to a tire being deformed longitudinally, or in a combination of both longitudinal and lateral directions.
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The direct route passes in the anterolateral direction under the thalamus and enters from the ventral side.
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Modelling of glacial isostatic adjustment addresses the question of how viscosity changes in the radial and lateral directions and whether the flow law is linear, nonlinear, or composite rheology.
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