Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
extending or lying across;
in a crosswise direction;
at right angles to the long axis;
- Example: "cross members should be all steel"- Example: "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"- Example: "transversal vibrations"- Example: "transverse colon"[syn: cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thwartwise
adj 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" [syn: cross(a), transverse,
transversal, thwartwise]