Meanings
adjectiveleft lateral (comparative more left lateral, superlative most left lateral)
comparative more left lateral · superlative most left lateral
- geographyOf a strike-slip fault, a block on the far side moving to the left when viewed from either side of the fault.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with left lateral
lateralcollateralbilateralmultilateralunilateralcontralateraltrilateralipsilateralquadrilateralequilateralbasolateraldorsolateralventrolateralposterolateralanterolateralplurilateralacousticolateralambilateralapicolateralaxiolateralbasilateralcaudolateralcentrolateralcostolateral
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
left lateral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20lateral
MLA
“left lateral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20lateral. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “left lateral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20lateral.
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