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transverse


transverse [trans-vurs, tranz-; trans-vurs, tranz-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

  1. lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
  2. (of a flute) having a mouth hole in the side of the tube, near its end, across which the player’s breath is directed.Compare end-blown.
  3. (of an automotive engine) mounted with the crankshaft oriented sideways.

noun

  1. something that is transverse.
  2. Nautical. web frame.
  3. Geometry. transverse axis.
  4. a city road that cuts through a park or other area of light traffic; shortcut.

Origin of transverse First recorded in 1610–20, transverse is from the Latin word trānsversus going or lying across, athwart. See traverse Related formstrans·verse·ly, adverbsub·trans·verse, adjectivesub·trans·verse·ly, adverb Related Words for transverses cross, diagonal, oblique, slanting, transversal, alternate, crosswise, horizontal, pivot, shift, thwart, travel Examples from the Web for transverses Historical Examples of transverses

  • In long, underscoring lines of brutally strong trenches and transverses, went still more of the record.

    The Code of the Mountains

    Charles Neville Buck

  • British Dictionary definitions for transverses transverse adjective

    1. crossing from side to side; athwart; crossways
    2. geometry denoting the axis that passes through the foci of a hyperbola
    3. (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
    4. astronomy another word for tangential (def. 2)

    noun

    1. a transverse piece or object

    Derived Formstransversely, adverbtransverseness, nounWord Origin for transverse C16: from Latin transversus, from transvertere to turn across, from trans- + vertere to turn Word Origin and History for transverses transverse adj.

    “lying across,” early 15c. (earlier transversary, c.1400), from Latin transversus “turned or directed across,” past participle of transvertere “turn across,” from trans- “across” (see trans-) + vertere “to turn” (see versus). The verb transvert is recorded from late 14c.

    transverses in Medicine transverse [trăns-vûrs′, trănz-, trăns′vûrs′, trănz′-] adj.

    1. Lying across the long axis of the body or of a part.
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