transverse - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'transverse' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Transverse

[ a.]

- Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.

2 . Transverse

[ n.]

- Anything that is transverse or athwart.
- The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

3 . Transverse

[ v. t.]

- To overturn; to change.
- To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

1 . transverse

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis

Example in sentence:

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