Transverse

Definition of Transverse

Trans`verse´

a.

1.

Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; - often opposed to longitudinal.

Transverse axis
(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.

n.

1.

Anything that is transverse or athwart.

2.

(Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

v. t.

1.

To overturn; to change.

[imp. & p. p. Transversed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.]

1.

To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

Related Words

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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