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transvalueTransvasate
Transvasation
Transvection
Transverberate
Transversal
Transversally
Transverse
Transverse axis
Transverse Bands
transverse colon
transverse flute
transverse muscle of abdomen
transverse process
Transverse Rolls
transverse sinus
transverse wave
Transversed
Transversely
Transversing
Transversion
transversus abdominis
transversus abdominis muscle
Transvert
Transvertible
transvestic
transvestism
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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.
