Transverse

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(thing) by ohe (5.8 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Tue Jan 25 2000 at 20:33:24
Transverse lobe piercing involves piercing at a 90 degree angle to the norm, hence piercing through the lobe the long way if you will. see: everything to do with body piercing
(idea) by TMA (6 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Tue Jan 25 2000 at 21:44:51
The directions orthogonal to the direction of propagation of a wave.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:54:19

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.

 

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Trans"verse (?), n.

1.

Anything that is transverse or athwart.

2. Geom.

The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

 

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Trans*verse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.]

To overturn; to change.

[R.]

C. Leslie.

 

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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.

 

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