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lateral displacement

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lateral displacement [′lad·ə·rəl di′splās·mənt]
(navigation)
The number of nautical miles an aircraft has been displaced, perpendicular to its effective air path, determined by a pressure pattern formula. Also known as lateral drift; pressure pattern displacement.


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1,2) Their presence there may lead to an expansion of the circumference of the laryngeal inlet, lateral displacement of the arytenoid cartilages, and consequent glottic insufficiency.
The latter type of soft rectangular lateral displacements, when ultimately combined with the painter's van Gogh/Monet propensities, would lead to the large abstract landscapes of Mitchell's last phase--passionate expanses that mark the second apogee of her late career.
 
 
 
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