TRANSVERSE
transverse, cross(a), transversal, thwartwise
(adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; “cross members should be all steel”; “from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully”; “transversal vibrations”; “transverse colon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
transverse (comparative more transverse, superlative most transverse)
Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
(geometry, of an intersection) Not tangent: so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting.
Antonyms
• (lying across): longitudinal
Noun
transverse (plural transverses)
Anything that is transverse or athwart.
(geometry) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
Verb
transverse (third-person singular simple present transverses, present participle transversing, simple past and past participle transversed)
(transitive) To overturn; to change.
(transitive, obsolete) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
Source: Wiktionary
Trans*verse", a. Etym: [L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and cf. Traverse.]
Definition: Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to Ant: 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.
Trans"verse, n.
1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
Trans*verse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.]
Definition: To overturn; to change. [R.] C. Leslie.
Trans*verse", v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.]
Definition: To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] Duke of Buckingham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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