2. Verb. (third-person singular of lateral) ¹
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Definition of Laterals
1. lateral [v] - See also: lateral
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laterals
Literary usage of Laterals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1916)
"By this plan the strip of land between two laterals is served by ... A spacing
between laterals not greater than 2 to 4 miles, depending on the character of ..."
2. Land Drainage: A Treatise on the Design and Construction of Open and Closed by John Luther Parsons (1915)
"Length and Arrangement of laterals.—A system of long laterals is desirable, ...
When additional depths are necessary to secure laterals of desired lengths, ..."
3. Irrigation Engineering by Arthur Powell Davis, Herbert Michael Wilson (1919)
"The top width of banks of laterals, should vary from about 3 feet for small
laterals, to 5 or 6 feet for the large ones. Above this, it is generally best ..."
4. Principles of Irrigation Engineering: Arid Lands, Water Supply, Storage by Frederick Haynes Newell, Daniel William Murphy (1913)
"The distinction between canals and laterals is, to a certain degree, an arbitrary
one. ... laterals are also subdivided into main and branch laterals. ..."
5. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"Lower laterals.—The stresses in the bottom diagonal members were ... A light
connection to the stringers is supplied at the point where the laterals cross. ..."
6. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"Lower laterals.—The stresses in the bottom diagonal members were ... A light
connection to the stringers is supplied at the point where the laterals cross. ..."
7. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"CHAPTER XX laterals AND SWAY BRACING THE laterals of a bridge have to perform
three important functions, each of which is vital to the life of the structure ..."
8. The Nature and Properties of Soils: A College Text of Edaphology by Thomas Lyttleton Lyon, Harry Oliver Buckman (1922)
"The laterals are usually constructed of three 3- or 4-inch tile, seldom smaller.
These laterals should always enter the main at an angle of about 45 degrees ..."
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