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Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.

Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..

Tubulidentate :: Tubulidentate (a.) Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.

Pathfinder :: Pathfinder (n.) One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.

Keel :: Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.

Radiograph :: Radiograph (n.) A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays..

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..

Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.

Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.

Solenoid :: Solenoid (n.) An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet..

Traverser :: Traverser (n.) One who traverses, or denies..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.

Unthread :: Unthread (v. t.) To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path..

Wander :: Wander (v. t.) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.

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.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..

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