transverse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
    thwartwise; transversal; cross.
    • cross members should be all steel
    • from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully
    • transversal vibrations
    • transverse colon

WordNet

Trans*verse" adjective
Etymology
L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and cf. Traverse.
Definitions
  1. Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.
Trans"verse noun
Definitions
  1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.
  2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
Trans*verse" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Transversed ; present participle & verbal noun Transversing
Definitions
  1. To overturn; to change. R. C. Leslie.
Trans*verse" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.
Definitions
  1. To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. Obs. Duke of Buckingham.

Webster 1913