Definition of traverse

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Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.

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Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..
Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
Wander :: Wander (v. t.) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current..
Round :: Round (n.) A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman..
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..
Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
Perineum :: Perineum (n.) The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum..
Voyage :: Voyage (v. t.) To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
Tubulidentate :: Tubulidentate (a.) Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.
Electrotonic :: Electrotonic (a.) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary.
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