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Bilaterality
Bilaterality Bi*lat`er*al"i*ty, n.
State of being bilateral.
CollateralCollateral Col*lat"er*al, a. [LL. collateralis; col- +
lateralis lateral. See Lateral.]
1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as,
collateral pressure. ``Collateral light.' --Shak.
2. Acting in an indirect way.
If by direct or by collateral hand They find us
touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in
satisfaction. --Shak.
3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or
matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief
or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.
That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on
the main question, and on all the collateral
questions springing out of it, . . . is true.
--Macaulay.
4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something
else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
Yet the attempt may give Collateral interest to this
homely tale. --Wordsworth.
5. (Genealogy) Descending from the same stock or ancestor,
but not in the same line or branch or one from the other;
-- opposed to lineal.
Note: Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct
line; collateral relations spring from a common
ancestor, but from different branches of that common
stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are
collateral relations, having different fathers, but a
common grandfather. --Blackstone. Collateral
Collateral Col*lat"er*al, n.
1. A collateral relative. --Ayliffe.
2. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as
collateral security.
Collateral assurance Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above
the deed itself.
Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation
established through indirect or subordinate branches when
the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.
Collateral issue. (Law)
(a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of
the case.
(b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any
matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon,
diversity of person, etc.
(c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the
issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer
of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be
contradicted by the party asking the question.
Collateral security, security for the performance of
covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal
security, Collateral circulation Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above
the deed itself.
Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation
established through indirect or subordinate branches when
the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.
Collateral issue. (Law)
(a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of
the case.
(b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any
matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon,
diversity of person, etc.
(c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the
issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer
of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be
contradicted by the party asking the question.
Collateral security, security for the performance of
covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal
security, Collateral issue Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above
the deed itself.
Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation
established through indirect or subordinate branches when
the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.
Collateral issue. (Law)
(a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of
the case.
(b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any
matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon,
diversity of person, etc.
(c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the
issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer
of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be
contradicted by the party asking the question.
Collateral security, security for the performance of
covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal
security, Collateral security Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above
the deed itself.
Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation
established through indirect or subordinate branches when
the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.
Collateral issue. (Law)
(a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of
the case.
(b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any
matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon,
diversity of person, etc.
(c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the
issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer
of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be
contradicted by the party asking the question.
Collateral security, security for the performance of
covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal
security, Collaterally
Collaterally Col*lat"er*al*ly, adv.
1. Side by side; by the side.
These pulleys . . . placed collaterally. --Bp.
Wilkins.
2. In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.
The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally
and indirectly. --Jer. Taylor.
3. In collateral relation; not lineally.
Collateralness
Collateralness Col*lat"er*al*ness, n.
The state of being collateral.
Complete quadrilateralQuadrilateral Quad`ri*lat"er*al, n.
1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently
four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by
four lines.
2. An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other;
as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua,
Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
Complete quadrilateral (Geom.), the figure made up of the
six straight lines that can be drawn through four points,
A, B, C, I, the lines being supposed to be produced
indefinitely. Coregonus quadrilateralisRoundfish Round"fish, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders,
sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.
(b) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less
compressed than the common species. It is very
abundant in British America and Alaska. Equilateral
Equilateral E`qui*lat"er*al, n.
A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others; also, a
figure of equal sides.
Inequilateral
Inequilateral In*e`qui*lat"er*al, a.
1. Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam,
quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells.
LateradLaterad Lat"er*ad, adv. [L. latus, lateris, side + ad to.]
(Anat.)
Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to
mesiad. Lateral cleavageCleavage Cleav"age, n.
1. The act of cleaving or splitting.
2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized
substances of splitting readily in one or more definite
directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum,
affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of
the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of
a diamond. See Parting.
3. (Geol.) Division into lamin[ae], like slate, with the
lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of
deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.
Basal cleavage, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal,
or to the plane of the lateral axes.
Cell cleavage (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission.
See Segmentation.
Cubic cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube.
Diagonal cleavage, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane.
Egg clavage. (Biol.) See Segmentation.
Lateral cleavage, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.
Octahedral, Dodecahedral, or Rhombohedral, cleavage,
cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron,
dodecahedron, or rhombohedron.
Prismatic cleavage, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism. Laterality
Laterality Lat`er*al"i*ty, n.
The state or condition of being lateral.
Laterally
Laterally Lat"er*al*ly, adv.
By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
Lateran
Lateran Lat"er*an, n.
The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being
the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all
churches in the Catholic world.
Note: The name is said to have been derived from that of the
Laterani family, who possessed a palace on or near the
spot where the church now stands. In this church
several ecclesiastical councils, hence called Lateran
councils, have been held.
Longilateral
Longilateral Lon`gi*lat"er*al, a. [L. longus long + lateralis
lateral, fr. latus side.]
Having long sides especially, having the form of a long
parallelogram.
Nineveh . . . was of a longilateral figure, ninety-five
furlongs broad, and a hundred and fifty long. --Sir T.
Browne.
Multilateral
Multilateral Mul`ti*lat"er*al, a. [Multi- + lateral.]
Having many sides; many-sided.
Oligosoma lateraleSkink Skink, n. [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also
scink.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
lizards of the family Scincid[ae], common in the warmer
parts of all the continents.
Note: The officinal skink (Scincus officinalis) inhabits
the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by
the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A
common slender species (Seps tridactylus) of Southern
Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases
in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include
numerous species of the genus Eumeces, as the
blue-tailed skink (E. fasciatus) of the Eastern
United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard
(Oligosoma laterale) inhabits the Southern United
States. QuadrilateralQuadrilateral Quad`ri*lat"er*al, n.
1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently
four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by
four lines.
2. An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other;
as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua,
Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
Complete quadrilateral (Geom.), the figure made up of the
six straight lines that can be drawn through four points,
A, B, C, I, the lines being supposed to be produced
indefinitely. Quadrilateralness
Quadrilateralness Quad`ri*lat"er*al*ness, n.
The property of being quadrilateral.
Septilateral
Septilateral Sep`ti*lat"er*al, a. [Septi- + lateral.]
Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.
Meaning of Latera from wikipedia
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Latera is a
small town and
comune in the
Province of Viterbo, Lazio,
central Italy.
Situated near
Bolsena Lake and
Mezzano Lake, is
important for volcanic...
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Flaminius Annibali de
Latera (born at
Latera, near Viterbo, 23
November 1733; died at Viterbo, 27
February 1813) was an
Italian historian. He received...
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Euagra latera is a moth of the
subfamily Arctiinae. It was
described by
Herbert Druce in 1890. It is
found in
Ecuador and São Paulo, Brazil. Savela, Markku...
- Viterbo, the
latter being the
regional capital. From
Valentano north is the
Latera caldera, a
shallow crater perhaps half the size of Lake Bolsena, with Lake...
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stream and the lago di Mezzano, from
which the
Olpeta flows. The
duchy of
Latera and
county of
Ronciglione were
annexed to it. The
title of Duke of Castro...
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divided the camp into
three districts: the
Latera Praetorii, the
Praetentura and the Retentura. In the
latera ("sides") were the Arae (sacrificial altars)...
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following muni****lities via the
common border, the lake: Bolsena, Gradoli,
Latera, Marta, Montefiascone, Piansano, San
Lorenzo Nuovo, Tuscania, Valentano...
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perpendicular to the
major axis and p****
through one of its foci are
called the
latera recta of the ellipse. The
interfocal segment connects the two foci. When...
- Bolsena. The hill (633 m a.s.l.),
known as
Poggio Evangelista (commune of
Latera),
retains the
ruins of a temple,
visibly located on a
strategic place, with...
- Grote, 1873
Synonyms Phalaena Geometra lacticinia Cramer, 1775
Deilemera latera Swinhoe, 1917
Deilemera homogona Swinhoe, 1917
Nyctemera latistriga simplicior...
