lateral的解释，在云词典中lateral是什么意思？

lateral

['lætәrәl]
n.
侧部, 支线, 边音
adj.
横(向)的, 侧面的

A lateral movement, as of a lathe tool across a piece of wood.
横动横向运动，如车床切割工具穿过一块木头
A lateral pass.
横向穿越
Either of the lateral halves of the cerebrum; a cerebral hemisphere.
大脑半球大脑侧面半部分的任何一个；大脑半球
Give your poor old restricted brain a new lease of life with"lateral thinking".
用“横向思维”给你那贫乏，古板的脑子注入新的活力吧。
Having a single, undivided trunk with lateral branches, as in spruce trees.
（茎）贯顶的，（树性）塔状的主轴延伸成不分枝的茎或杆的，如云杉
Made a lateral move within the company.
在公司内部进行平级调动
The lateral or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil when rainfall exceeds evaporation.
淋溶作用当降雨量超过蒸发量时，土壤中溶解或悬浮物的向侧面或向下的运动