transverse adj : extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon" [syn: cross(a), transversal, thwartwise]

English

Adjective

1. situated or lying across; [crosswide side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction

Antonym: longitudinal

Transverse may refer to:

• Transversality, a concept related to the intersection of manifolds in topology
• Transverse City, an album by Warren Zevon
• Transverse engine, an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side relative to the wheels of the vehicle
• Transverse flute, a flute that is held horizontally
• Transverse plane, the plane orthogonal to the anteroposterior or oral-aboral axis; see Anatomical terms of location
• Transverse wave, a wave that causes a disturbance in the medium perpendicular to the direction it advances

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