transverse

Adjective

Synonyms: cross(a)transversal thwartwise

WordNet 3.0

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”Synonyms: cross(a)transversal thwartwise

Webster's Dictionary (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]

Transverse \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.] To overturn; to change. [R.] --C. Leslie. [1913 Webster]

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]

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]