Transverse definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRANSVERSE, a. transvers'. [L. transversus; trans and versus, verto.] 1. Lying ... or being across or in a cross direction; as a transverse diameter of axis. Transverse lines are the diagonals of a square or parallelogram. Lines which intersect perpendiculars, are also called transverse. 2. In botany, a transverse partition, in a pericarp, is at right angles with ...
Transverse axis definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Transverse Trans*verse", a. [L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to ... on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and cf. Traverse.] Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal. Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci. Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, at right ... axis, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the transverse axis and the conjugate axis. Axis of a lens, ...
Transverse partition definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Transverse Trans*verse", a. [L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to ... on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and cf. Traverse.] Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal. Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci. Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, at right ...
transverse muscle of abdomen definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity [syn: transversus abdominis muscle, transverse muscle of abdomen, musculus transversalis abdominis, transversus abdominis]
universal transverse mercator grid definitions U.S. Military Dictionary (*) A grid coordinate system based on the transverse mercator projection, applied to maps of the Earth's surface ...
... other which is called pile or reverse. CROSS, a. 1. Transverse; oblique; passing from side to side; falling athwart; as a ... long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon" [syn: cross, transverse, transversal, thwartwise] 2: annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross ... a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece 2: a marking that consists of lines that cross ... 1. a. a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary THWART, a. thwort. [L. verto, versus.] Transverse; being across something else. Mov'd contrary with thwart obliquities ... English thwert, from Old Norse thvert, from neuter of thverr transverse, oblique; akin to Old High German dwerah transverse, oblique Date: 14th century athwart III. adjective Date: 14th century situated or placed across something else ; transverse • thwartly adverb IV. noun Etymology: alteration of obsolete thought, thoft ... Etymology: ME thwert (adv.) f. ON thvert neut. of thverr transverse = OE thwe(o)rh f. Gmc Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... and adv., Icel. [thorn]vert, neut. of [thorn]verr athwart, transverse, across; akin to AS. [thorn]weorh perverse, transverse, cross, ...
... long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon" [syn: cross, transverse, transversal, thwartwise] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: transversal, adjective, transverse, from Middle English, from Medieval Latin transversalis, from Latin transversus ... n. transversally adv. Etymology: ME f. med.L transversalis (as TRANSVERSE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Transversal Trans*ver"sal, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse.] Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. -- ...