transverse.
Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
Meaning & usage
Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
(of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
Not in direct line of descent; collateral.
Where this word comes from
Late Middle English, from Latin trānsversus (“turned across; going or lying across or crosswise”). Doublet of transversal.
Anything that is transverse or athwart, such as a road or a ship's web frame.
The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
Where this word comes from
Late Middle English, from Latin trānsversus (“turned across; going or lying across or crosswise”). Doublet of transversal.
To lie or run across; to cross.
To traverse or thwart.
To overturn.
To alter or transform.
To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
Where this word comes from
Late Middle English, from Latin trānsversus (“turned across; going or lying across or crosswise”). Doublet of transversal.
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