Defn: To beat or strike through. [Obs.]
TRANSVERSAL
Trans*ver"sal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse.]
Defn: Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.
— Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.
TRANSVERSAL
Trans*ver"sal, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transversale.] (Geom.)
Defn: A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced.
TRANSVERSE
Trans*verse", a. Etym: [L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn
on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse.
See Verse, and cf. Traverse.]
Defn: Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; — often opposed to Ant: 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.
TRANSVERSE
Trans"verse, n.
1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.
2. (Geom.)