plural of directory traversal

plural of Tyrolean traverse

A method of crossing through free space between two high points on a rope without a hanging cart or equivalent, used in mountaineering, caving, etc.

(nautical) Sailing by compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually passed over by a ship.

plural of traverse table

(nautical, surveying) A table by means of which the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course and distance may be found by inspection. It contains the lengths of the two sides of a right-angled triangle, usually for every quarter of a degree of angle, and for lengths of the hypotenuse, from 1 to 100.

petit jury

(nautical) A small board hung near the helmsman, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It was used for recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the corresponding hole.

A machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth. / A drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally.

plural of traverse jury