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Pronunciation : Trans*verse"
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and cf. Traverse.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Trans"verse
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Trans*verse"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To overturn; to change. [R.] C. Leslie.

t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Trans*verse"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.]
Definition : Defn: To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] Duke of Buckingham.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913