Definition of transverse Transverse

/tɹænzvɚˈs/ - [tranzvers] - trans•verse

We found 16 definitions of transverse from 6 different sources.

What does transverse mean?

Adjective
transverse - extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"
		cross, transversal, thwartwise

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transverse (Noun)
Anything that is transverse or athwart.
transverse (Noun)
The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
transverse (Verb)
To overturn; to change.
transverse (Verb)
To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
transverse (Adjective)
Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction.
transverse (Adjective)
Not tangent: so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting.

transverse (a.)
Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.
transverse (n.)
Anything that is transverse or athwart.
transverse (n.)
The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
transverse (v. t.)
To overturn; to change.
transverse (v. t.)
To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

transverse
trans-vėrs′, adj. turned or lying across.—adv. crosswise.—n. Transver′sal, a line drawn across several others so as to cut them all.—adv. Transver′sally.—adj. Trans′versary.—adv. Transverse′ly, in a transverse or cross direction.—n. Transver′sion. [L. trans, across, vertĕre, versum, to turn.]