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transect

[ tran-sekt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

transect

a sample strip of land used to monitor plant distribution, animal populations, etc, within a given area

1625–35; tran(s)- + Latin sectus, past participle of secāre to cut, sever ( section )

C17: from Latin trans- + secāre to cut

The two birds from 12 miles north of Kalabakan were taken in a net stretched across a surveyor's transect.

Specimens from a transect of southeastern Sonora show intergradation between Perognathus goldmani and P. artus.

Each transect consists of 15 plots at intervals of 200 feet.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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