About The Word Transverse
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Transverse
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What's The Definition Of Transverse?
[adj] extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Transverse: cross(a) | crossing(a) | crosswise | thwartwise | transversal Related Terms | Find terms related to Transverse: See Also | Transverse In Webster's Dictionary \Trans*verse"\, a. [L. transversus, p. p. of
transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere
to turn: cf. F. transverse. See {Verse}, and cf. {Traverse}.]
Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart;
-- often opposed to {longitudinal}.
{Transverse axis} (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.), that
axis which passes through the foci.
{Transverse partition} (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp,
at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of
mustard.
\Trans"verse\, n. 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart. 2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse. \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transversed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transversing}.] To overturn; to change. [R.] --C. Leslie. \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.{Transpose}.] To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] --Duke of Buckingham. |
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