Search Result for "bilateral":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1. having identical parts on each side of an axis;
[syn: bilateral, isobilateral, bilaterally symmetrical, bilaterally symmetric]
2. affecting or undertaken by two parties;
- Example: "a bilateral agreement between the United States and Japan"
3. having two sides or parts;
[syn: bilateral, two-sided]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bilateral \Bi*lat"er*al\, a. [Pref. bi- + lateral: cf. F. bilat['e]ral.] 1. Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "bilateral": Janus-like, ambidextrous, bifacial, bifold, biform, bifurcated, binary, binate, biparous, bipartisan, bipartite, bivalent, conduplicate, dichotomous, dihedral, disomatous, double, double-faced, duadic, dual, dualistic, duple, duplex, duplicate, duplicated, dyadic, flanked, geminate, geminated, handed, identical, lateral, many-sided, matched, multilateral, one-sided, polyhedral, quadrilateral, second, secondary, sided, tetrahedral, three-sided, trihedral, trilateral, triquetrous, twain, twin, twinned, two, two-faced, two-level, two-ply, two-sided, two-story, twofold, unilateral
