Definition of traverse

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Traverse (a.) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.

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Bowshot :: Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
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..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
Rheophore :: Rheophore (n.) A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current..
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..
Semidiurnal :: Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc..
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.
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.
Perineum :: Perineum (n.) The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum..
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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
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..
Walk :: Walk (v. t.) To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets..
Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..
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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Anything that traverses, or crosses..
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Transmeatable :: Transmeatable (a.) Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
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