Definitions for transects

transects tran·sect

Spelling: [tran-sekt]
IPA: /trænˈsɛkt/

Transects is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 489 anagrams from letters in transects (acenrsstt).

Definitions for transects

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut across; dissect transversely.

Origin of transects

1625-35; tran(s)- + Latin sectus, past participle of secāre to cut, sever (see section)

Examples for transects

Specimens from a transect of southeastern Sonora show intergradation between Perognathus goldmani and P. artus.

The two birds from 12 miles north of Kalabakan were taken in a net stretched across a surveyor's transect.

Word Value for transects
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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