Bilateral

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bilateral
       adj 1: having identical parts on each side of an axis [syn: {isobilateral},
               {bilaterally symmetrical}, {bilaterally symmetric}]
       2: having two sides or parts [syn: {two-sided}] [ant: {unilateral},
           {multilateral}]
       3: affecting or undertaken by two parties; "a bilateral
          agreement between the United States and Japan"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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