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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANSVERSE, a. transvers'. [L. transversus; trans and versus, verto.]
1. Lying or being across or in a cross direction; as a transverse diameter of axis. Transverse lines are the diagonals of a square or parallelogram. Lines which intersect perpendiculars, are also called transverse.
2. In botany, a transverse partition, in a pericarp, is at right angles with the valves, as in a silique.
TR`ANSVERSE, n. The longer axis of an ellipse.
TRANSVERSE, v.t. transvers'. To overturn. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, transverse, transversal, thwartwise]

Merriam Webster's

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 Reference Dictionary

adj. situated, arranged, or acting in a crosswise direction. Phrases and idioms: transverse 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. Derivatives: transversely adv. Etymology: L transvertere transvers- turn across (as TRANS-, vertere turn)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Transverse Trans*verse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.] To overturn; to change. [R.] --C. Leslie.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

Transverse Trans"verse, n. 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart. 2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Transverse is used to describe something that is at right angles to something else. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Cross.

Moby Thesaurus

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