According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
LATERALLED
Verb
lateralled
simple past tense and past participle of lateral
Source: Wiktionary
LATERAL
Lat"er*al, a. Etym: [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F.latéral.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.
3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. Lateral cleavage (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.
– Lateral equation (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.]
– Lateral line (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color.
– Lateral pressure or stress (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress.
– Lateral strength (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure.
– Lateral system (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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