transverse
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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
The effect is based on tiny transverse temperature differences that occur when a thermal current is passed through a sample and a perpendicular magnetic field is applied.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
Both transverse and longitudinal waves cause a displacement of something: air molecules, for example, or the surface of the ocean.
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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