transverse
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An international team of researchers has now achieved that goal by demonstrating a quantized transverse drift of light.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026
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
In a transverse wave, as the wave is moving in one direction, it is creating a disturbance in a different direction.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing transverse
Waves and Wave Properties - Introductory
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Waves and Wave Properties - Middle School
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Physics - Introductory
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