Trans*verse" (?), a. [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.
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Trans"verse (?), n.
1.
Anything that is transverse or athwart.
2. Geom.
The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
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Trans*verse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.]
To overturn; to change.
[R.]
C. Leslie.
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Trans*verse", v. t. [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.]
To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
[Obs.]
Duke of Buckingham.
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