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Transversely

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Adverb

1. transversally, transversely

in a transverse manner

Example Sentences:
'they were cut transversely'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transversely

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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

Transversely

see synonyms of transversely
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.

Transversely

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

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