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omnilateral

omnilateral adjective: on all sides of an issue or object.

Adjective

omnilateral (not comparable)

  1. On all sides of an issue or object.
    • The grey matter conveys impressions in all directions; and the agents employed in this omnilateral transmission are the ganglionic cells.1864 January, British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review
    • A kindred can be either omnilateral, including all of one's relatives, or restricted, which excludes some relatives by one or more criteria. Any person's omnilateral kindred includes his parents, both sets of grandparents, and so on bilaterally back through the generations. It also includes his...1973, Robert Bartley Taylor, Introduction to cultural anthropology, page 284

Examples of omnilateral in a sentence

  • A kindred can be either omnilateral, including all of one's relatives, or restricted, which excludes some relatives by one or more criteria.1973, Robert Bartley Taylor, Introduction to cultural anthropology, page 284:
  • Powers exercised within a rightful condition provide the omnilateral will required to repair each of the three defects in a state of nature.2010, Arthur Ripstein, Force and Freedom, →ISBN, page 196:

Origin of omnilateral

From omni- + lateral.

Words formed from omnilateral

Words that rhyme with omnilateral

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Questions about omnilateral

What does omnilateral mean?
Omnilateral means on all sides of an issue or object.
How do you use omnilateral in a sentence?
A kindred can be either omnilateral, including all of one's relatives, or restricted, which excludes some relatives by one or more criteria.
What part of speech is omnilateral?
Omnilateral is an adjective.

Words near omnilateral in the dictionary

  1. omniglots
  2. omnigraph
  3. omnigraphs
  4. omniherbivore
  5. omniherbivores
  6. omnilateral
  7. omnilaterality
  8. omnilaterally
  9. omnilegent
  10. omnilingual
  11. omnilinguality

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