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transverse |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Transverse \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transversed}; p. pr & vb n. {Transversing}.] To overturn; to change. [R.] --C. Leslie. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Transverse \Trans"verse\, n. 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart. 2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: transverse adj : extending or lying across in a crosswise direction; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations" [syn: {cross(a)}, {crossing(a)}, {transversal}, {thwartwise}]
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