Transverse Definition
trăns-vûrs, trănz-, trănsvûrs, trănz-
adjective
Lying, situated, placed, etc. across; crossing from side to side.
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Designating the axis that passes through the foci of a hyperbola, or the part of that axis between the vertices.
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noun
A transverse part, beam, etc.
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A transverse axis.
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Other Word Forms of Transverse
Noun
Singular:
transverse
Plural:
transversesOrigin of Transverse
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Latin trānsversus from past participle of trānsvertere to turn across trāns trans- vertere to turn wer-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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