trans·verse /træn(t)sˈvɝs, trænz, ˈtræn(t)sˌ, ˈtrænzˌ/
 橫斷物(a.)橫的,橫向的


 trans·verse /træn(t)sˈvɝs, trænz, ˈtræn(t)sˌ, ˈtrænzˌ/ 形容詞
 (拉transversus)橫的,橫切的,橫斷的,橫的,橫位(分娩),橫向的


 transverse
 橫向


 Trans·verse a.  Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.
 Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola) Geom., that axis which passes through the foci.
 Transverse partition Bot., a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard.


 Trans·verse n.
 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.
 2. Geom. The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.


 Trans·verse v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.] To overturn; to change. [R.]


 Trans·verse, v. t.  To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.]

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 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]