Category:Transverse

Trans*verse", a. Etym: [l. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn On direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See verse, and cf. Traverse.]

Defn: lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- Often opposed to ant: 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.

Transverse Trans"verse, n.

1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.

2. (geom.)

Defn: the longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

Transverse Trans*verse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.]

Defn: to overturn; to change. [r.] C. Leslie.

Transverse Trans*verse", v. t. Etym: [pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.]

Defn: to change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [obs.] Duke of buckingham.