omnilateraladj.
/ˌɒmnᵻˈlat(ə)rəl/, /ˌɒmnᵻˈlat(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˌɑmnəˈlædər(ə)l/, /ˌɑmnəˈlætr(ə)l/, /ˌɑmniˈlædər(ə)l/, /ˌɑmniˈlætr(ə)l/ Facing or directed all ways; representing all points of view; having all or very many aspects or components.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent > to or on every side
omnilateral1852
1852 Spectator 4 Sept. 837/2 Men..[have] acquired a thorough doubt as to the honesty and capacity of all existing parties. Louis Napoleon stands, like Lord Derby, by favour of omnilateral opposition.
1920 Bot. Gaz. 70 243 The effect of omnilateral fore-illumination on later phototropic response to unilateral illumination can be explained by the joint effect of the two kinds of illumination upon the growth of the two flanks.
1953 Ess. in Crit. 3 ii. 374 He [sc. Chaucer] sees life steadily, and if he is not omnilateral, he is manysided.
1982 New Phytologist 92 12 The assumed σ value of 100 MPa refers to the imposition of a stress along the microfibrillar axis, while stress is omnilateral in the wall.
1999 F. Ferrarotti Time, Memory & Soc. iii. 87 Marx consistently supported the idea of the omnilateral or multidimensional man.
Derivatives
omniˈlaterally adv. in an omnilateral manner; in all directions.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adverb] > on every side
aroundc1330
omnilaterally1936
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in sideways direction > to right and left
right and lefta1400
left and right1760
omnilaterally1936
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > universally or with universal application > one every side
omnilaterally1936
1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 May 378/2 Modern medicine is found to be a unilateral and more or less distorted tradition. Of old, man was omnilaterally oriented.
1992 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 79 700/1 Plants with..rigid and coriaceous leaves in the proximal divisions, and more distant, usually omnilaterally arranged sporophylls in the distal divisions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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