TRANSVERSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transverse mean? 

• TRANSVERSE (adjective)
  The adjective TRANSVERSE has 1 sense:

1. extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis

  Familiarity information: TRANSVERSE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSVERSE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis

Synonyms:

cross; thwartwise; transversal; transverse

Context example:

transverse colon

Similar:

crosswise (lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction)

 Context examples 

A large fold of peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach, and extends from the stomach to the posterior abdominal wall after associating with the transverse colon.

(Greater Omentum, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the profunda artery supplying the muscles on the front of the thigh and divides into ascending, descending and transverse branches.

(External Circumflex Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Holmes cut the cord and removed the transverse bar.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The first part of the colon (large intestine) that starts in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen and ends at the transverse colon in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.

(Ascending Colon, NCI Thesaurus)

The radiation of energy as transverse waves produced by moving charges.

(Electromagnetic radiation, NCI Thesaurus)

The magnetic field causes the current to deflect, creating a voltage in the transverse direction, called the Hall voltage.

(Research reveals exotic quantum states in double-layer graphene, National Science Foundation)

Linear transverse/horizontal groove of one or more nail plates that migrate distally from the proximal nail fold with nail growth, usually secondary to illness, trauma or malnutrition.

(Horizontal Nail Ridging, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating for the transverse processes of the upper thoracic vertebrae which inserts into the transverse process of the upper and middle cervical vertebrae acting to extend the cervical spine.

(Longissimus Cervicis, NCI Thesaurus)

The bend of the colon at the juncture of its ascending and transverse portions.

(Hepatic Flexure, NCI Thesaurus)

A major portion of the greater omentum between the stomach and the transverse colon.

(Gastrocolic Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)