[trans-vurs, tranz-; trans-vurs, tranz-] 
| 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. |
| 4. | something that is transverse. |
| 5. | Nautical. web frame. |
| 6. | Geometry. transverse axis. |
| 7. | a city road that cuts through a park or other area of light traffic; shortcut. |
| 1. | the axis of a hyperbola that passes through the two foci. |
| 2. | the segment of such an axis included between the vertices of the hyperbola. |
| a deep transverse frame reinforcing the hull of a ship. |
transverse trans·verse (trāns-vûrs', trānz-, trāns'vûrs', trānz'-)
adj.
Lying across the long axis of the body or of a part.
vɜrs