transverse

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Latin trānsversus (“turned across; going or lying across or crosswise”). Doublet of transversal.

In classic literature

Synonyms

cross, transversal, thwartwise

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