transverse

trans·verse

T0325700 (trăns-vûrs′, trănz-, trăns′vûrs′, trănz′-)adj. Situated or lying across; crosswise.n. Something, such as a part or beam, that is transverse.

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[Latin trānsversus, from past participle of trānsvertere, to turn across : trāns, trans- + vertere, to turn; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

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trans·verse′ly adv.trans·verse′ness n.

transverse

(trænzˈvɜːs) adj1. crossing from side to side; athwart; crossways2. (Mathematics) geometry denoting the axis that passes through the foci of a hyperbola3. (Instruments) (of a flute, etc) held almost at right angles to the player's mouth, so that the breath passes over a hole in the side to create a vibrating air column within the tube of the instrument4. (Astronomy) astronomy another word for tangential²na transverse piece or object[C16: from Latin transversus, from transvertere to turn across, from trans- + vertere to turn] transˈversely adv transˈverseness n

trans•verse

(trænsˈvɜrs, trænz-; ˈtræns vɜrs, ˈtrænz-)

adj. 1. lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross. 2. (of a flute) having a mouth hole in the side of the tube, near its end, across which the player's breath is directed. Compare end-blown. n. 3. something that is transverse. [1610–20; < Latin trānsversus going or lying across, athwart. See traverse] trans•verse′ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

transverse - 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"cross, thwartwise, transversalcrosswise - lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"

transverse

adjective crossways, diagonal, oblique, crosswise, athwart one of the table's transverse supports

transverse

adjectiveSituated or lying across:crossing, crosswise, thwart, transversal, traverse.

Translations

εγκάρσιοςtransversotraverso