Transverses
adjective
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.
Compare end-blown.
3.
(of an automotive engine) mounted with the crankshaft oriented sideways.
noun
4.
something that is transverse.
5.
Nautical. web frame.
6.
Geometry. transverse axis.
7.
a city road that cuts through a park or other area of light traffic; shortcut.
adjective
1.
crossing from side to side; athwart; crossways
2.
(geometry) denoting the axis that passes through the foci of a hyperbola
3.
(of a flute, etc) held almost at right angles to the player’s mouth, so that the breath passes over a hole in the side to create a vibrating air column within the tube of the instrument
4.
(astronomy) another word for tangential (sense 2)
noun
5.
a transverse piece or object
transverse trans·verse (trāns-vûrs’, trānz-, trāns’vûrs’, trānz’-)
adj.
Lying across the long axis of the body or of a part.
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