Lateral vs Median - What's the difference?
lateral | median |
To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
(anatomy) Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline.
(linguistics) 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.
an object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else
(linguistics) a sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral )
(American football) a lateral pass
An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.
To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction
(American football) To execute a lateral pass
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(statistics) The quantity or value at the midpoint of a set of values, such that the variable is equally likely to fall above or below it; the middle value of a discrete series arranged in magnitude (or the mean of the middle two terms when there is an even number of terms).
(US) The median strip; the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.
Situated in the middle; central, intermediate.
(anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.
(statistics) Having the median as its value.
As an adjective lateral
is lateral.As a verb median is
.lateral
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Instead of a promotion, I opted for a lateral move to a similar position in the marketing department.
- The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral .
- A fish senses changes in hydrodynamic pressure with its lateral line.
Synonyms
*Antonyms
* (anatomy) medial * (geometric) longitudinal, verticalDerived terms
* laterallyCoordinate terms
*Noun
(en noun)See also
* (lateral consonant)Verb
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English
(wikipedia median)Noun
(en noun)- Why is not our jugular or throat-veine as much at our command as the mediane ?
- The Greeks prescribe the median or middle vein to be opened, and so much blood to be taken away as the patient may well spare, and the cut that is made must be wide enough.
