transverse

adjective

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

- from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully

- transversal vibrations

- transverse colon

Similar word(s): crosswise, cross, thwartwise, transversal

noun

1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.

2. (geometry) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

verb

1. (transitive) To overturn; to change.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.