Transverse
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adjective


(1)   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"
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Adjective



  1. Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction.
  2. Not tangent: so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting.
 
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