transverse.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

(of a line) cutting a system of lines.

--n.

a transversal line.

transversality n. transversally adv. [ME f. med.L transversalis (as TRANSVERSE)]

transverse.html - adj.
situated, arranged, or acting in a crosswise direction.

transverse magnet a magnet with poles at the sides and not the ends. transverse wave Physics a wave in which the medium vibrates at right angles to the direction of its propagation.

transversely adv. [L transvertere transvers- turn across (as TRANS-, vertere turn)]

transverse.html - n.
the practice of wearing the clothes of the opposite sex, esp. as a sexual stimulus.

transvestist n. [G Transvestismus f. TRANS- + L vestire clothe]

transverse.html - n.
a person given to transvestism.

transverse.html - prefix 1 across, beyond (transcontinental; transgress).
2 on or to the other side of (transatlantic) (opp. CIS-).
3 through (transonic).
4 into another state or place (transform; transcribe).
5 surpassing, transcending (transfinite).
6 Chem. a (of an isomer) having the same atom or group on opposite sides of a given plane in the molecule (cf. CIS- 4). b having a higher atomic number than (transuranic). [from or after L trans across]

transverse.html - var. of TRANSONIC.