Trans*verse" (?), a. [L. transversus,
p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across
+ vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and
cf. Traverse.] 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.] C.
Leslie.
Trans*verse", v. t. [Pref. trans- +
verse, n. Cf.Transpose.] To change from prose into
verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] Duke of
Buckingham.
Trans*verse" (?), a. [L. transversus,
p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across
+ vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and
cf. Traverse.] 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.] C.
Leslie.
Trans*verse", v. t. [Pref. trans- +
verse, n. Cf.Transpose.] To change from prose into
verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] Duke of
Buckingham.
