Look up: transverse

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   Transverse
   crosswise
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   Transverse
   Meaning across. Transverse bisection of the body in the anatomical position would divide it into upper and lower halves. Not the same as horizontal, which means parallel with the horizon. Thus if the body were lying flat on its back (supine), horizontal would be the same as the coronal plane (see above), but if the body were standing, in the anatom...
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   Transverse
   Transverse: In anatomy, a horizontal plane passing through the standing body so that the transverse plane is parallel to the floor. For a more complete listing of terms used in medicine for spatial orientation, please see the entry to 'Anatomic Orientation Terms'.
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   Transverse
   Definition (keystage 3) A line which cuts across a number of existing lines, forming various angles.
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   transverse
   Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; often opposed to longitudinal. ... <geometry> Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola), that axis which passes through the foci. ... <botany> Transverse partition, a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard. ... Origin: L. Tr ...
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   Transverse
   `Transverse` may refer to: *Transversality, a concept related to the intersection of manifolds in topology *Transverse City, an album by Warren Zevon *Transverse engine, an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side relative to the wheels of the vehicle *Transverse flute, a flute that is held horizontally *Transverse plane, the plane orthogonal to the anteroposterior or oral-aboral axis; see Anatomical terms of location *Transverse w...
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   transverse
   (trans-vurs´) extending from side to side; situated at right angles to the long axis.
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   Transverse
   • (n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart. • (n.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse. • (v. t.) To overturn; to change. • (a.) Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal. • (v. t.) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.Transverse: words in...
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   transverse
   Crosswise; lying across the long axis of the body or of a part. Syn: transversalis TA, transversus TA [L. transversus]
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    transverse
    across the width.
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    Transverse
    Crossing from side to side or placed crosswise.
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    transverse
    Across. A transverse section is a section across the length of a building or room
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    Transverse
    The position of a baby that is lying horizontal in the uterus of a pregnant woman. In order to attempt a safe vaginal delivery, a baby should be head down in the cervix. IF a baby is found to be lying in a transverse position, doctors will try to manually turn the fetus by performing an external cephalic version. If the baby does not turn head ...
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