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trans⋅verse
[trans-vurs, tranz-; trans-vurs, tranz-] 
vɜrs
–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
| 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. |
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trans⋅verse⋅ly, adverb
transverse axis
–noun Geometry.
| 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. |
web frame
–noun Nautical.
| a deep transverse frame reinforcing the hull of a ship. |
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| trans·verse (trāns-vûrs', trānz-, trāns'vûrs', trānz'-) adj. Situated or lying across; crosswise. n. Something, such as a part or beam, that is transverse. [Latin trānsversus, from past participle of trānsvertere, to turn across : trāns, trans- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.] trans·verse'ly adv., trans·verse'ness n. |
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Transverse
Trans*verse"\, a. [L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and cf. Traverse.] Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal. Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci. Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard.Transverse
Trans"verse\, n. 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart. 2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.Transverse
Trans*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.] To overturn; to change. [R.] --C. Leslie.Transverse
Trans*verse"\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.] To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] --Duke of Buckingham.
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transverse (adj.)
"lying across," 1596 (earlier transversary, c.1400), from L. transversus "turned or directed across," pp. of transvertere "turn across," from trans- "across" + vertere "to turn" (see versus). The verb transvert is recorded from 1432.
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Main Entry: trans·verse
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'v&rs, tranz-, 'tran(t)s-", 'tranz-"
Function: adjective
1 : acting, lying, or beingacross : set crosswise
2 : made at right angles to the long axis of the body transverse section> —trans·verse·ly adverb
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transverse trans·verse (trāns-vûrs', trānz-, trāns'vûrs', trānz'-)
adj.
Lying across the long axis of the body or of a part.
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