Lateral Communications

Communications between tjie different portions of an army when moving from one common base by different roads towards an enemy, so that in case of a concentration being required on any particular point, instructions and orders can be readily carried out. … Lateral Controls. — In aeronautics, the controls usually manipulated with the dip control, a control formed from a steering wheel flaps. similar to that of an automobile. ' Also called wins; Lateral Deviation. — In gunnery, the distance between the plane of direction and the plane of splash, measured (right or left) from the center of the target and perpendicular to the plane of direction.