Definitions for transverse

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transverse trans·verse

Spelling: [trans-vurs, tranz-; trans-vurs, tranz-]

IPA: /trænsˈvɜrs, trænz-; ˈtræns vɜrs, ˈtrænz-/

Transverse is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 514 anagrams from letters in transverse (aeenrrsstv).

Definitions for transverse

adjective

1. lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
2. (of a flute) having a mouth hole in the side of the tube, near its end, across which the player's breath is directed. Compare end-blown.
3. (of an automotive engine) mounted with the crankshaft oriented sideways.

noun

1. something that is transverse.
2. Nautical. web frame.
3. Geometry. transverse axis.
4. a city road that cuts through a park or other area of light traffic; shortcut.

Origin of transverse

First recorded in 1610-20, transverse is from the Latin word trānsversus going or lying across, athwart. See traverse

Examples for transverse

They develop with a transverse fissure into which the bark ingrows.

The transverse ribs are there, of course, but in a modified form.

“Yes, they did,” said the shepherd, looking aloft at the transverse stone.

But at last they built a transverse section that promised to hold.

The commonest forms of wound were the transverse or the oblique.

For niello, and printing, a transverse cut was substituted for the blow.

In some quartz-mill sluices there are transverse riffle-bars.

The whole system has, in fact, been changed from the transverse to the longitudinal.

It consists of a number of transverse wires, broken at the middle.

The spores soon separate by a transverse partition and fall off.