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transverse
n.
something that is transverse, something which lies in an opposite direction, something which lies in a cross direction
adj.
situated across, crosswise
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Transverse
Transverse may refer to:
- Transverse City, a 1989 album by Warren Zevon
- Transverse engine, an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side relative to the wheels of the vehicle
- Transverse flute, a flute that is held horizontally
- Transverse mass, a particle physics quantity
- Transverse plane, the plane orthogonal to the anteroposterior or oral-aboral axis
- Transverse rotors, a type of rotorcraft in which there are two rotors mounted side by side
- Transverse wave, a wave that causes a disturbance in the medium perpendicular to the direction it advances
- Transversality theorem, a concept related to the intersection of manifolds in topology
- Transversality (mathematics), a notion in mathematics
- Transverse Island, an island on the east side of Stefansson Bay, off the coast of Enderby Land
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transverse
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) cross(a), transversal, thwartwise
(similar) crosswise
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transverse
adj.
transverse, situated across
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transverse
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