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transverse
Meaning
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- 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.
- Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics).)
- (obsolete) Not in direct line of descent; collateral.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɹanzˈvɜːs/
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Elongation in hydrostats is caused by the contraction of transverse or helical musculature arrangements .
Elongation in hydrostats is caused by the contraction of transverse or helical musculature arrangements.