[syn: bilateral, two-sided]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bilateral \Bi*lat"er*al\, a. [Pref. bi- + lateral: cf. F.
bilat['e]ral.]
1. Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two
sides or two parties.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central
area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral
symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts
on the right and left sides of the body.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bilateral
adj 1: having identical parts on each side of an axis [syn:
bilateral, isobilateral, bilaterally symmetrical,
bilaterally symmetric]
2: affecting or undertaken by two parties; "a bilateral
agreement between the United States and Japan"
3: having two sides or parts [syn: bilateral, two-sided]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "bilateral":
Janus-like, ambidextrous, bifacial, bifold, biform, bifurcated,
binary, binate, biparous, bipartisan, bipartite, bivalent,
conduplicate, dichotomous, dihedral, disomatous, double,
double-faced, duadic, dual, dualistic, duple, duplex, duplicate,
duplicated, dyadic, flanked, geminate, geminated, handed,
identical, lateral, many-sided, matched, multilateral, one-sided,
polyhedral, quadrilateral, second, secondary, sided, tetrahedral,
three-sided, trihedral, trilateral, triquetrous, twain, twin,
twinned, two, two-faced, two-level, two-ply, two-sided, two-story,
twofold, unilateral