TRAVERSO. OBLIQUO. TRASVERSALE. MUSCOLO TRASVERSO. TRAVERSA
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.
transverse
\trans"verse\ (?), n.
1. anything that is transverse or athwart.
2. (geom.) the longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
transverse
\trans*verse"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. transversed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. transversing.] to overturn; to change. [r.] leslie.
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.
transverse
adj : 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) , crossing(a) , transversal, thwartwise]
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