Transverse
Transverse , adjective
[Latin transversus, past participle of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: compare French transverse. See Verse, and compare Traverse.]
Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.
Collocations (2)
Transverse axis (Geometry) , that axis which passes through the foci.
Transverse partition (Botany) , a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard.
Transverse , noun
1.
Anything that is transverse or athwart.
2.
(Geometry) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
Transverse , transitive verb
To overturn; to change. [Rare] — C. Leslie
Transverse , transitive verb
[Prefix trans- + verse, n. Compare Transpose.]
To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obsolete] — Duke of Buckingham