Definitions for transversetrænsˈvɜrs, trænz-; ˈtræns vɜrs, ˈtrænz-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

trans•versetrænsˈvɜrs, trænz-; ˈtræns vɜrs, ˈtrænz-(adj.)

  1. lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.

  2. (of a flute) having a mouth hole in the side of the tube, near its end, across which the player's breath is directed.

    Category: Music and Dance

    Ref: Compare end-blown.

  3. (n.)something that is transverse.

Origin of transverse:

1610–20; < L trānsversus going or lying across, athwart. See traverse


Princeton's WordNet

  1. cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise(adj)




  1. transverse(Adjective)


  2. transverse(Adjective)


Webster Dictionary

  1. Transverse(adj)


  2. Transverse(noun)

    anything that is transverse or athwart

  3. Transverse(noun)

    the longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse

  4. Transverse(verb)

    to overturn; to change

  5. Transverse(verb)

    to change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose


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