English Dictionary

transverse

/tɹanzˈvɜːs/

adj

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

The transverse beam supports the weight of the structure.

意味（1）

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.

意味（2）

(anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.

意味（3）

(geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting.

意味（4）

(obsolete) Not in direct line of descent; collateral.