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vɜrs, ˈtrænz- adjective
1.
lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
2.
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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Transverse
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Related forms
trans·verse·ly, adverb
sub·trans·verse, adjective
sub·trans·verse·ly, adverb
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World English Dictionary
transverse (trænzˈvɜːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 5. | a transverse piece or object |
| [C16: from Latin transversus, from transvertere to turn across, from | |
| trans'versely | |
| —adv | |
| trans'verseness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
transverse
"lying across," 1590s (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 early 15c.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Example sentences
The polyps were removed from the ascending and transverse colon.
The reticulum, with its longitudinal and transverse meshes, is called sarcoplasm.
From it the transverse sinus of the same side is derived.
The lateral meniscus gives off from its anterior convex margin a fasciculus which forms the transverse ligament.
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