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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]