Found 2 hits - Term: lateral line, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lateral \lat"eral\, a. l. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side:
cf. f. lat'eral.
1. of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a
house; the lateral branches of a tree.
1913 webster
2. anat. lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from
the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.
1913 webster
3. directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.
1913 webster
lateral cleavage crystallog., cleavage parallel to the
lateral planes.
lateral equation math., an equation of the first degree.
obs.
lateral line anat., in fishes, a line of sensory organs
along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct
line of color.
lateral pressure or stress mech., a pressure or stress
at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; --
distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress.
lateral strength mech., strength which resists a tendency
to fracture arising from lateral pressure.
lateral system bridge building, the system of horizontal
braces as between two vertical trusses by which lateral
stiffness is secured.
1913 webster lateral
see also:
mesial lateral cleavage lateral equation lateral line lateral pressure stress
lateral strength lateral system
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
lateral line
n : sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect
pressure changes in the water syn: lateral line organ
see also:
lateral line organ
Results 1 - 4 of 4 found about lateral line: Bar Line
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Bar Line, definition of term: Bar Line
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Air Line, definition of term: Air Line
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Agate Line, definition of term: Agate Line
agate+line_pag1.html Aclinic Line
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Aclinic Line, definition of term: Aclinic Line
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