Lateral

Lateral may refer to:


 * Lateral, an anatomical direction - see Human anatomical terms
 * Lateral pass, type of pass in American and Canadian football
 * Lateral thinking, thinking concerned with changing concepts and perception
 * Lateral consonants, "L"-like consonants pronounced with an occlusion made somewhere along the axis of the tongue
 * Lateral mark, a sea mark used in maritime pilotage to indicate the edge of a channel
 * Lateral support, a type of physical support to help prevent sideways movement