trans·verse 
(trăns-vûrs, trănz-, trănsvûrs′, trănz-)
(trăns-vûrs, trănz-, trănsvûrs′, trănz-)adj.
Situated or lying across; crosswise.
n.
Something, such as a part or beam, that is transverse.
[Latin trānsversus, from past participle of trānsvertere, to turn across : trāns, trans- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
trans·versely adv.
trans·verseness n.