Bible Dictionaries
Lateral

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; - opposed to mesial.

(2):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.

(3):

(a.) Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lateral'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lateral.html. 1828.