transverse

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Synonyms: traverse, transversal, transferee, transvert, transferase, transfers, transversus, transversed, transvest, transverses, transversum

Antonyms: traverse, transversal, transferee, transvert, transferase, transfers, transversus, transversed, transvest, transverses, transversum

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. 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.
2. {{lb|en|anatomy}} Made at [[right angle]]s to the long [[axis]] of the body.
3. {{lb|en|geometry}} {{q|of an [[intersection]]}} Not [[tangent]], so that a [[nondegenerate]] [[angle]] is formed between the two things [[intersect]]ing. {{q|For the general definition, see {{pedia|Transversality (mathematics)#Definition}}}}
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Not in direct line of [[descent]]; [[collateral]].

Noun

1. Anything that is [[#Adjective|transverse]] or [[athwart]], such as a road or a ship's [[web frame]].
2. {{lb|en|geometry}} The [[long]]er, or [[#Adjective|transverse]], [[axis]] of an [[ellipse]].

Verb

1. To [[lie]] or [[run]] [[across]]; to [[cross]].
2. To [[traverse]] or [[thwart]].
3. To [[overturn]].
4. To [[alter]] or [[transform]].
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[change]] from [[prose]] into [[verse]], or from verse into prose.

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