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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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The 45-year-old Memphis resident was diagnosed in 2005 with transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder that left her nearly immobile.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

By contrast, transverse interactions are a recently discovered class of forces that act perpendicular to that central axis.

From Science Daily Oct. 21, 2025

One tabulation of the cost to double the number of buses so fans can better transverse the city on public transit is estimated at upward of $1 billion.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

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

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




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