transverse
Example Sentences
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Never exactly its strong suit, the exterior gets a makeover with the revised front end, incorporating a transverse lightbar between the sidemarker/turn signal assemblies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
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
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
This is very difficult to show clearly in a diagram, so most diagrams, even diagrams of sound waves, show transverse waves.
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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