Definition of traverse

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

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Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
Transversal :: Transversal (n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced..
Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
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..
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.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe..
Walk :: Walk (v. t.) To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets..
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..
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..
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) One who traverses, or denies..
Gabionade :: Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire..
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..
Course :: Course (n.) The ground or path traversed; track; way.
Rheophore :: Rheophore (n.) A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Anything that traverses, or crosses..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
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..
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing..
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
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