transverse

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The team found that large crystals governed by transverse interactions tend to break down into smaller spinning units, while smaller crystals grow until reaching a specific critical size.

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

It is also strongest with a certain type of polarization, called transverse magnetic polarization.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Figure 3.2: In water waves and other transverse waves, the ups and downs are in a different direction from the forward movement of the wave.

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