Definition of traverse

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Traverse (a.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe..

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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 (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Electrode :: Electrode (n.) The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current..
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..
Traversed :: Traversed (imp. & p. p.) of Travers.
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..
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Anything that traverses, or crosses..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) One who traverses, or denies..
Transmeatable :: Transmeatable (a.) Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable.
Perineum :: Perineum (n.) The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum..
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country..
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..
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