TRANSVERSES

Noun

transverses

plural of transverse

Source: Wiktionary


TRANSVERSE

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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