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transverse

[trans-vurs, tranz-, trans-vurs, tranz-] / trænsˈvɜrs, trænz-, ˈtræns vɜrs, ˈtrænz- /
ADJECTIVE
lying or extending across
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Never exactly its strong suit, the exterior gets a makeover with the revised front end, incorporating a transverse lightbar between the sidemarker/turn signal assemblies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

The 45-year-old Memphis resident was diagnosed in 2005 with transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder that left her nearly immobile.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

One tabulation of the cost to double the number of buses so fans can better transverse the city on public transit is estimated at upward of $1 billion.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

Cashore spelled it correctly, then clinched the title with the word “transept,” an architectural term for the transverse part of a cross-shaped church.

From Seattle Times May 31, 2024

You can view here animations of longitudinal and transverse waves, single particles being disturbed by a transverse wave or by a longitudinal wave, and particles being disturbed by transverse and longitudinal waves.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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