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lateral

[lat-er-uhl] / ˈlæt ər əl /
ADJECTIVE
of, at, from, or to a side
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Traditional cyber-espionage requires large teams working through reconnaissance, system mapping, vulnerability identification and lateral movement.

From The Wall Street Journal

That came after she missed most of her sophomore year with a lateral meniscus tear and a tibial plateau fracture.

From Seattle Times

Next to him, researchers are working on electrifying lateral flow tests.

From BBC

Research, led by the University of Sheffield, is the first to show the frequency at which grasses incorporate DNA from other species into their genomes through a process known as lateral gene transfer.

From Science Daily

The team didn’t see telltale signs of lateral undulation, the kind of movement that would indicate swimming played a prominent role in the evolutionary loss of limbs.

From Science Magazine