"bilateral" meaning in English

See bilateral in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /baɪˈlætəɹəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bilateral.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more bilateral [comparative], most bilateral [superlative]
Rhymes: -ætəɹəl Etymology: From bi- + lateral. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|lateral}} bi- + lateral Head templates: {{en-adj}} bilateral (comparative more bilateral, superlative most bilateral)
  1. Having two sides. Categories (topical): Two Translations (having two sides): ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʔiyy) (Arabic), երկկողմ (erkkoġm) (Armenian), двустранен (dvustranen) (Bulgarian), bilateral (Catalan), 雙邊 (Chinese Mandarin), 双边 (shuāngbiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 雙方 (Chinese Mandarin), 双方 (shuāngfāng) (Chinese Mandarin), tweezijdig (Dutch), kaksipuolinen (Finnish), bilatéral (French), bilateral (Galician), ორმხრივი (ormxrivi) (Georgian), zweiseitig (German), kétoldalú (Hungarian), tvíhliða (Icelandic), déshleasach (Irish), déthaobhach (Irish), bilaterale (Italian), 双方 (sōhō) (alt: そうほう) (Japanese), екіжақты (ekıjaqty) (Kazakh), bilateral (Luxembourgish), двостран (dvostran) (Macedonian), dwustronny (Polish), bilateral (Portuguese), bilateral (Romanian), двусторо́нний (dvustorónnij) (Russian), dà-thaobhach (Scottish Gaelic), bilateral (Spanish), двосторо́нній (dvostorónnij) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bilateral-en-adj-bQNmKgb- Disambiguation of Two: 19 20 20 6 20 15 Disambiguation of 'having two sides': 80 6 3 8 2
  2. Involving both sides equally. Categories (topical): Two Translations (involving both sides equally): երկկողմ (erkkoġm) (Armenian), двустранен (dvustranen) (Bulgarian), bilateraal (Dutch), bilateraalinen (Finnish), bilateral (German), déthaobhach (Irish), 二国間 (nikokukan) (note: of countries) (Japanese), 相互的な (sōgoteki-na) (alt: そうごてきな) (Japanese), двостран (dvostran) (Macedonian), bilateral (Norwegian Bokmål), bilateral (Norwegian Nynorsk), bilateralny (Polish), dwustronny (Polish), bilateral (Portuguese), bilateral (Romanian), двусторо́нний (dvustorónnij) (Russian), dà-thaobhach (Scottish Gaelic), двосторо́нній (dvostorónnij) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bilateral-en-adj-dVyw6-sH Disambiguation of Two: 19 20 20 6 20 15 Disambiguation of 'involving both sides equally': 5 80 7 1 6
  3. (of an agreement) Binding on both of the two parties involved. Categories (topical): Two Translations (binding on both parties to an agreement): bilateral (Catalan), bilateraal (Dutch), kahdenvälinen (Finnish), bilateraalinen (Finnish), ორმხრივი (ormxrivi) (Georgian), tvíhliða (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-bilateral-en-adj-11qqLBMr Disambiguation of Two: 19 20 20 6 20 15 Disambiguation of 'binding on both parties to an agreement': 4 18 67 8 3
  4. Having bilateral symmetry. Translations (having bilateral symmetry): bilateral (Catalan), bilateraalinen (Finnish), двостран (dvostran) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-bilateral-en-adj-Rwg4eVL2 Disambiguation of 'having bilateral symmetry': 5 1 2 91 1
  5. (anthropology) Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family. Categories (topical): Anthropology, Two Translations (involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family): bilateral (Catalan)
    Sense id: en-bilateral-en-adj-SxCAzXQq Disambiguation of Two: 19 20 20 6 20 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 25 7 10 49 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 20 9 16 44 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 19 16 9 16 26 15 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family': 1 4 1 1 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bilateral descent, bilateral gill trama, bilateralism, bilaterality, bilaterally, bilateralness, isobilateral, nonbilateral

Noun

IPA: /baɪˈlætəɹəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bilateral.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bilaterals [plural]
Rhymes: -ætəɹəl Etymology: From bi- + lateral. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|lateral}} bi- + lateral Head templates: {{en-noun}} bilateral (plural bilaterals)
  1. A meeting between two people or groups. Categories (topical): Two
    Sense id: en-bilateral-en-noun-uQsK03LY Disambiguation of Two: 19 20 20 6 20 15

Inflected forms

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        "(anthropology) Involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family."
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      "word": "երկկողմ"
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      "sense": "having two sides",
      "word": "雙邊"
    },
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      "sense": "having two sides",
      "word": "bilatéral"
    },
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      "sense": "having two sides",
      "word": "bilateral"
    },
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      "sense": "having two sides",
      "word": "ორმხრივი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "having two sides",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "having two sides",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having two sides",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "bilateral"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "involving both sides equally",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "involving both sides equally",
      "word": "déthaobhach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "of countries",
      "roman": "nikokukan",
      "sense": "involving both sides equally",
      "word": "二国間"
    },
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      "alt": "そうごてきな",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "word": "相互的な"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "involving both sides equally",
      "word": "bilateral"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "involving both sides equally",
      "word": "bilateralny"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "involving both sides equally",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "involving both sides equally",
      "word": "bilateral"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "bilateral"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "bilateral"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "binding on both parties to an agreement",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "binding on both parties to an agreement",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "binding on both parties to an agreement",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ormxrivi",
      "sense": "binding on both parties to an agreement",
      "word": "ორმხრივი"
    },
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "binding on both parties to an agreement",
      "word": "tvíhliða"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having bilateral symmetry",
      "word": "bilateral"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having bilateral symmetry",
      "word": "bilateraalinen"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dvostran",
      "sense": "having bilateral symmetry",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family",
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