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Webster 1913 Edition
Transverse
Trans-verse′
,Adj.
[L.
transversus
, p. p. of transvertere
to turn 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 angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard.
Trans′verse
,Noun.
1.
Anything that is transverse or athwart.
2.
(Geom.)
The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
Trans-verse′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transversed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transversing
.] To overturn; to change.
[R.]
C. Leslie.
Trans-verse′
,Verb.
T.
To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
[Obs.]
Duke of Buckingham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Transverse
TRANSVERSE
,Adj.
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 the valves, as in a silique.