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Bilateral   /baɪlˈætərəl/   Listen
Bilateral

adjective
1.
Having identical parts on each side of an axis.  Synonyms: bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical, isobilateral.
2.
Affecting or undertaken by two parties.
3.
Having two sides or parts.  Synonym: two-sided.



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"Bilateral" Quotes from Famous Books



... its necessity has had a more widespread influence in determining the diversities of animal coloration than any other cause whatever. To it may probably be imputed the singular fact that, whereas bilateral symmetry of coloration is very frequently lost among domesticated animals, it almost universally prevails in a state of nature; for if the two sides of an animal were unlike, and the diversity of coloration among domestic animals occurred in a wild state, ...
— Darwinism (1889) • Alfred Russel Wallace


Words linked to "Bilateral" :   symmetric, many-sided, symmetrical, mutual, bilateral descent, multilateral, reciprocal


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