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transverse

[trans-vurs, tranz-, trans-vurs, tranz-] / trænsˈvɜrs, trænz-, ˈtræns vɜrs, ˈtrænz- /
ADJECTIVE
lying or extending across
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By contrast, transverse interactions are a recently discovered class of forces that act perpendicular to that central axis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025

The trail seems to transverse through an ecotone, a transitional zone between plant communities, switching between high desert and pine forest ecosystems.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

Cashore spelled it correctly, then clinched the title with the word “transept,” an architectural term for the transverse part of a cross-shaped church.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

The use of transverse thermoelectric effects in magnetic materials is expected to simplify the structure of thermoelectric conversion devices compared to the longitudinal thermoelectric effects, where electric and thermal currents are converted in parallel directions.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2024

This is very difficult to show clearly in a diagram, so most diagrams, even diagrams of sound waves, show transverse waves.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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