The term literally means that the base of gait (the lateral distance between the two feet) is inconstant or unmeasurable.

They couldn't just snatch her up; there was too much lateral distance.

Its effect on the resulting data is particularly noticeable if the specimen varies greatly in height over lateral distances of 10 nm or less.

Taubman asserts that lateral distances larger than a major second require greater involvement of the forearm than can be accomplished by forearm rotation alone.

However, the larger lateral distances often change the visual character of the movement so much that it no longer appears rotational.

For nacelles that are positioned beneath the wing, the lateral and longitudinal distance from the wing is dominated by interference-drag considerations.

Roughly paralleling the convoy route, they nevertheless kept their lateral distance so as not to give away signs of their passage.

He had covered two feet of lateral distance.

This refers to the lateral distance between the lead and rear foot.

Torque is equal to force times distance, specifically the lateral distance by which the force vector line misses the CG.