"shift laterally" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a movement of an object in a sideways direction, for example: "The soccer player shifted laterally to avoid an opponent."
The inset patella tended to shift laterally and tilt laterally more than the onset patella.
With less weight to shift laterally across the car when it turns, less is being asked of the tires themselves at their frantic interface with the track.
Bogies are the conventional 'rigid' type where the wheelsets and traction motor assemblies are connected to a rigid frame, with the axles given some side play so they could shift laterally in low radii curves.
We allow the position of the P-Mod solution to shift laterally to explore the first-order influence of the choice of hypocenter for modeling of remote tsunami signals.
The posterior portion may shift laterally.
By adjusting the pressures at the inlets the interface was made to shift laterally (Fig. 1b c).
The anterior and posterior edges of the posterior tunnel footprint demonstrated a significant posterior shift, while the lateral edge significantly shifted laterally.
The anterior and posterior edges of the posterior tunnel footprint demonstrated a significant posterior shift, while the lateral edge of the posterior tunnel footprint significantly shifted laterally (Table 2).
In these simulations one or more strands of the fabric is shifted laterally relative to its undisturbed location.
b The phase grating is shifted laterally in seven discrete steps leading to a resulting stepping curve for each detector pixel.
Furthermore, the pH relaxometric profiles in blood were shifted laterally to higher, and likely more clinically relevant pH values than the corresponding profiles in buffer.
