TRANSVERSE DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
transverse adj 1: 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" [syn: cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) transverse I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin transversus, from trans- + -versus (as in adversus adverse) Date: 15th century 1. acting, lying, or being across ; set crosswise 2. made at right angles to the long axis of the body <a transverse section> • transversely adverb II. noun Date: 15th century something (as a piece, section, or part) that is transverse Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary transverse Transverse is used to describe something that is at right angles to something else. ADJ: usu ADJ n English Explanatory Dictionary transverse ˈtrænzvə:s adj. situated, arranged, or acting in a crosswise direction. øtransverse magnet a magnet with poles at the sides and not the ends. transverse wave Physics a wave in which the medium vibrates at right angles to the direction of its propagation. øøtransversely adv. [L transvertere transvers- turn across (as TRANS-, vertere turn)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Transverse \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.] To overturn; to change. [R.] --C. Leslie. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Transverse \Trans"verse\, n. 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart. 2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms transverse a. Cross. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 62 Moby Thesaurus words for "transverse": across, across the grain, athwart, athwartships, bar, bend, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, contrariwise, contrawise, crisscross, cross, cross bitt, cross-grained, crossarm, crossbar, crosscut, crossed, crossing, crosspiece, crossway, crossways, crosswise, cruciate, cut across, decussate, diagonal, doubletree, intercross, intersect, kittycorner, lie across, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure, oblique line, obliquely, overthwart, rhomboid, scratch comma, separatrix, sideways, sidewise, singletree, slant, slash, solidus, swingletree, thwart, thwartly, thwartways, transept, transom, transversal, transversely, traverse, virgule, whippletree |
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