| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | trans·verse |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr ns-vûrs , trnz-, trnsvûrs , trnz- |
| ADJECTIVE: | Situated or lying across; crosswise. | | NOUN: | Something, such as a part or beam, that is transverse. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin tr nsversus, from past participle of trnsvertere, to turn across : trns, trans- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | trans·versely —ADVERB
trans·verseness —NOUN
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