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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bilateral \Bi*lat"er*al\, adjective [Pref. bi- + lateral: cf. F. bilat['e]ral.]
1. Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bilateral
adjective
1: having identical parts on each side of an axis [syn: {isobilateral}, {bilaterally symmetrical}, {bilaterally symmetric}]
2: having two sides or parts [syn: {two-sided}] [ant: {unilateral}, {multilateral}]
3: affecting or undertaken by two parties; "a bilateral agreement between the United States and Japan"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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