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Bilateral vs Bilat - What's the difference?

bilateral | bilat |

As an adjective bilateral

is bilateral.

As a noun bilat is

(informal) a bilateral meeting.

bilateral

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having two sides
  • Involving both sides equally.
  • (of an agreement) Binding on both of the two parties involved.
  • Having bilateral symmetry.
  • (anthropology) Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family.

    • Derived terms

    * isobilateral

    bilat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A bilateral meeting.
  • * 2004 , Harvey J. Langholtz, Chris E. Stout, The psychology of diplomacy (page 12)
    • The bilats will often be no more than a few minutes, long enough to say hello and snap some photos
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 8, author=Peter Baker, title=Family Night for Obamas Miffs Some in Moscow, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The club is “a place to see and be seen,” as its Web site says ?— that is, unless you are a visiting president who after a day and a half of blinis, beluga and bilats (the diplo term for “bilateral meetings”) just wants to hang out with the clan. }} ----