transverse
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Is transverse a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of transverse?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.not-comparable
2. (geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)not-comparable
3. (obsolete) Not in direct line of descent; collateral.not-comparableobsolete
noun (English)
1. (geometry) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.Examples: "Bayes: Why, thus, Sir; nothing so easy when understood; I take a book in my hand, either at home or elsewhere, for that's all one, if there be any wit in't, as there is no book but has some, I transverse it; that is, if it be prose, put it into verse, (but that takes up some time) and if it be verse, put it into prose."obsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary