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transverse

n. குறுக்கீட்டுத்தசை, குறுக்கீடாகச் செல்லுந் தசைநர், (பெயரடை) குறுக்காயமைந்த, புடைகுறுக்கான, பக்கத்துக்குப் பக்கமான, குறுக்கீடாகச் செல்கிற.


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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. Trans"verse, n. 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart. 2. (Geom.) Defn: The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse. Trans*verse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.] Defn: To overturn; to change. [R.] C. Leslie. Trans*verse", v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.] Defn: To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] Duke of Buckingham.


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