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His forehead is covered with transversal folds; he has no muzzle, properly speaking, but a kind of snout like that of a hog.
THE DESERT WORLDARTHUR MANGIN
In the second or transversal wave, the vibration of the particle at P takes place in a plane at right angles to FP.
A STUDY OF RECENT EARTHQUAKESCHARLES DAVISON
There were, however, no transversal or direct communications from one apperception center to the next.
THE BRAINALEXANDER BLADE
We looked beyond a sawmill into a gorge of pines that ended in a transversal white mountain wall.
RIVIERA TOWNSHERBERT ADAMS GIBBONS
It is the velocity on the one hand, and on the other hand the ratio of the charge to the total transversal mass.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE: SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS, THE VALUE OF SCIENCE, SCIENCE AND METHODHENRI POINCAR
It is necessary therefore to distinguish the total longitudinal mass from the total transversal mass.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE: SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS, THE VALUE OF SCIENCE, SCIENCE AND METHODHENRI POINCAR
Lastly, their backs are streaked with faint transversal lines, an elegant detail perceptible only with the lens.
THE LIFE OF THE FLYJ. HENRI FABRE
Others, transversal but finer, cut the first at right angles, forming with them a multitude of meshes.
SOCIAL LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLDJ. H. FABRE
From each of these oscillations results a layer of eggs in the interior, and a transversal crevice on the exterior.
SOCIAL LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLDJ. H. FABRE
The face was horribly disfigured by a large transversal scar which had the appearance of a second mouth on the right cheek.
THE HATED SONHONORE DE BALZAC
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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capacitor

WORDS RELATED TO TRANSVERSAL

  • angular
  • aslant
  • athwart
  • awry
  • contrariwise
  • crisscross
  • cross
  • crossing
  • crossways
  • diagonally
  • horizontally
  • longways
  • mullioned
  • over
  • perpendicular
  • sideways
  • thwart
  • transversal
  • transverse
  • transversely
  • traverse
  • vertically
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