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transect

[tran-sekt] / trænˈsɛkt /


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About an hour west of Twin Lake the next day, Gilbert sat with Sam Myers, who runs a fourth-generation wheat farm that the B2H line would transect.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

These historical accounts of the landscape were "an extraordinary difference" from what Matthews observed during forest transect walks in Monte Pisano in 2014.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

A 35-kilometer-long transect rises from hot, steamy jungle at about 200 meters to cooler grasslands near the 4020-meter peak of Apu Kañajhuay.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 2, 2023

She and her colleagues then walked transect lines with ultraviolet flashlights that make the powder glow.

From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023

Each transect consists of 15 plots at intervals of 200 feet.

From Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Anderson, Sydney




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