Definition of transverse

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Transverse (n.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse..

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Crebrisulcate :: Crebrisulcate (a.) Marked with closely set transverse furrows.
Scutellum :: Scutellum (n.) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite..
Heterotropous :: Heterotropous (a.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.
Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
Toggle :: Toggle (n.) A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes..
Joint :: "Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification..
Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..
Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..
Virgularian :: Virgularian (n.) Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis..
Diapophysis :: Diapophysis (n.) The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra..
Mill :: Mill (n.) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained..
Sonometer :: Sonometer (n.) An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box..
Transverse :: Transverse (v. t.) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose..
Zenick :: Zenick (n.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat..
Thwartly :: Thwartly (adv.) Transversely; obliquely.
Straight-joint :: Straight-joint (a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.
Transversal :: Transversal (a.) Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line..
Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (a.) Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body..
Intertransverse :: Intertransverse (a.) Between the transverse processes of the vertebrae.
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