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Transverse

see synonyms of transverse

Adjective

1. cross, thwartwise, transversal, transverse

extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis

Example Sentences:
'cross members should be all steel'
'from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully'
'transversal vibrations'
'transverse colon'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transverse

see synonyms of 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 (sense 2)
noun
5. 
a transverse piece or object

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Transverse

see synonyms of transverse
adjective
1. 
lying, situated, placed, etc. across; crossing from side to side
see also longitudinal (sense 2)
2.  Geometry
designating the axis that passes through the foci of a hyperbola, or the part of that axis between the vertices
noun
3. 
a transverse part, beam, etc.
4.  Geometry
a transverse axis

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Transverse

see synonyms of transverse
adj.
Situated or lying across; crosswise.
n.
Something, such as a part or beam, that is transverse.

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