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transverse
[trans-vurs, tranz-, trans-vurs, tranz-]
adjective
lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
(of a flute) having a mouth hole in the side of the tube, near its end, across which the player's breath is directed.
(of an automotive engine) mounted with the crankshaft oriented sideways.
noun
something that is transverse.
Nautical.web frame.
Geometry.transverse axis.
a city road that cuts through a park or other area of light traffic; shortcut.
transverse
/ ٰæԳˈɜː /
adjective
crossing from side to side; athwart; crossways
geometry denoting the axis that passes through the foci of a hyperbola
(of a flute, etc) held almost at right angles to the player's mouth, so that the breath passes over a hole in the side to create a vibrating air column within the tube of the instrument
astronomy another word for tangential
noun
a transverse piece or object
Other Word Forms
- transversely adverb
- subtransverse adjective
- subtransversely adverb
- ٰԲˈ adverb
- ٰԲˈԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of transverse1
Word History and Origins
Origin of transverse1
Example Sentences
The trail seems to transverse through an ecotone, a transitional zone between plant communities, switching between high desert and pine forest ecosystems.
One tabulation of the cost to double the number of buses so fans can better transverse the city on public transit is estimated at upward of $1 billion.
Watching white swans transverse the tranquil river in front of the theater, Khomik said his portrayal of Lear was meant to convey not only suffering, but also a sense of fortitude.
Cashore spelled it correctly, then clinched the title with the word “transept,” an architectural term for the transverse part of a cross-shaped church.
This device was able to exhibit a transverse thermoelectric effect significantly larger than that produced solely by existing magnetic materials capable of exhibiting the anomalous Nernst effect in the first-ever experimental demonstration of its kind.
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