traverse

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Synonyms: travers, traverso, traversa, averse, reverse, traversed, transverse, traverses, proverse, traversal, traverser

Antonyms: travers, traverso, traversa, averse, reverse, traversed, transverse, traverses, proverse, traversal, traverser

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Noun

{{lb|en|climbing}} A [[route]] used in [[mountaineering]], specifically [[rock climbing]], in which the [[descent]] occurs by a different route than the [[ascent]].
{{lb|en|surveying}} A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
{{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[screen]] or [[partition]].
Something that thwarts or obstructs.
{{lb|en|architecture}} A [[gallery]] or [[loft]] of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.<ref>'''1838''', John Henry Parker, ''A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture''</ref>
{{lb|en|legal}} A [[formal]] [[denial]] of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the [[pleading]]s. The technical words introducing a traverse are ''absque hoc'' ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
{{lb|en|nautical}} The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
{{lb|en|geometry}} A line lying across a figure or other lines; a [[transversal]].
{{lb|en|military}} In [[trench warfare]], a [[defensive]] [[trench]] built to prevent [[enfilade]].
{{lb|en|nautical}} A [[traverse board]].

{{lb|en|transitive}} To travel across, to [[go through]], to [[pass through]], [[particularly]] under difficult conditions.
{{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To visit all parts of; to [[explore]] [[thoroughly]].
To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
{{lb|en|artillery}} To [[rotate]] a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
{{lb|en|climbing}} To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
{{lb|en|engineering|skiing}} To (make a cutting, an [[incline]]) across the [[gradient]]s of a [[slope]]d [[face]] at safe rate.
To act against; to [[thwart]] or [[obstruct]].
To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
{{lb|en|carpentry}} To [[plane]] in a direction across the [[grain]] of the wood.
{{lb|en|legal}} To [[deny]] [[formally]].
{{lb|en|intransitive|fencing}} To use the motions of [[opposition]] or [[counteraction]].

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