'Transverse' definitions:
Definition of 'transverse'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise]
Definition of 'Transverse'
From: GCIDE
- Transverse \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.] To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] --Duke of Buckingham. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Transverse'
From: GCIDE
- Transverse \Trans*verse"\, a. [L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and cf. Traverse.] Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal. [1913 Webster]
- Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci.
- Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Transverse'
From: GCIDE
- Transverse \Trans"verse\, n.
- 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Transverse'
From: GCIDE
- Transverse \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.] To overturn; to change. [R.] --C. Leslie. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transverse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- across,
- across the grain,
- athwart,
- athwartships,
- bar,
- bend,
- bendwise,
- bias,
- biased,
- biaswise,
- catercorner,
- catercornered,
- contrariwise,
- contrawise,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- cross bitt,
- cross-grained,
- crossarm,
- crossbar,
- crosscut,
- crossed,
- crossing,
- crosspiece,
- crossway,
- crossways,
- crosswise,
- cruciate,
- cut across,
- decussate,
- diagonal,
- doubletree,
- intercross,
- intersect,
- kittycorner,
- lie across,
- oblique,
- oblique angle,
- oblique figure,
- oblique line,
- obliquely,
- overthwart,
- rhomboid,
- scratch comma,
- separatrix,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- singletree,
- slant,
- slash,
- solidus,
- swingletree,
- thwart,
- thwartly,
- thwartways,
- transept,
- transom,
- transversal,
- transversely,
- traverse,
- virgule,
- whippletree