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Transverse
Meaning
Adj
●
Situated or
lying
across;
side to side
,
relative
to some
defined
"forward"
direction
;
perpendicular
or
slanted
relative
to the "forward"
direction
;
identified
with
movement
across areas.
●
In Anatomy:
Made
at right angles to
the long
axis
of the body.
●
In Geometry:
(of an
intersection
) Not
tangent
, so that a
nondegenerate
angle
is
formed
between the two things
intersecting
. (For the general
definition
, see w:Transversality (mathematics).)
●
Not in
direct
line
of
descent
; collateral.
Noun
●
Anything that is
transverse
or athwart.
●
In Geometry:
The
longer
, or
transverse
,
axis
of an ellipse.
Verb
●
To
lie
or
run across
; to cross.
●
To
traverse
or thwart.
●
To overturn.
●
To
alter
or transform.
●
To change from
prose
into
verse
, or from
verse
into
prose
.
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Antonyms
Longitudinal
Related
Lateral
Axial
Radial
Perpendicular
Longitudinal
Horizontal
Circumferential
Tangential
Anterior
Glenoid
Vertical
Diagonal
Deformation
Axis
Oblique
Shear
Beam
Parallel
Torsional
Sagittal
Torsion
Posterior
Laterally
Deflection
Flexural
Bending
Flexure
Perpendicularly
Axially
Thoracic
Cantilever
Cross
Distal
Tangent
Ventral
Tensile
Spinal
Move
Meridional
Pierce
Curvature
Dorsal
Rotational
Rotor
Shaft
Planar
Linear
Beams
Oscillatory
Diffuse
Aortic Arch
Sagittal Plane
Vortex Shedding
Planetary Gears
Horizontal Plane
More
Rhymes
Nurse
Purse
Purse
Worse
Curse
Terse
Terce
Verse
Amerce
Course
Coerce
Recurse
Diverse
Asperse
Reverse
Immerse
Converse
Disperse
Perverse
Traverse
Reimburse
Transverse
Megadiverse
Subtransverse
Nontransverse
Pretransverse
Intertransverse
Costotransverse
More
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