transverse

trans·verse  (trns-vûrs, trnz-, trnsvûrs, trnz-)

adj.

Situated or lying across; crosswise.

n.

Something, such as a part or beam, that is transverse.

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[Latin trnsversus, from past participle of trnsvertere, to turn across : trns, trans- + vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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trans·versely adv.

trans·verseness n.

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transverse [trænzˈvɜːs]

adj

1. crossing from side to side; athwart; crossways

2. (Mathematics) Geometry denoting the axis that passes through the foci of a hyperbola

3. (Music / 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 instrument

4. (Astronomy) Astronomy another word for tangential [2]

n

a transverse piece or object

[from Latin transversus, from transvertere to turn across, from trans- + vertere to turn]

transversely  adv

transverseness  n

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

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transverse

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

Translations

transverse [ˈtrænzvɜːs] ADJ → transverso, transversal

transverse [trænzˈvɜː^rs] adj → transversal(e)

transverse

adj → Quer-; muscles → transversal; position → horizontal; engine → quer stehend; transverse beam → Querbalken m; transverse section → Querschnitt m

transverse [ˈtrænzvɜːs] adj → trasversale

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transverse [ˈtrænzvɜːs] adj → trasversale