32. traverse a part moving along a piece of work in this way, as the carriage of a lathe.
33. traverse a series of intersecting surveyed lines whose lengths and angles of intersection, measured at instrument stations, are recorded graphically on a map and in numerical form in data tables.
34. traverse Law. a formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the other side.
35. (adj.)traverse lying, extending, or passing across; transverse.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME (n.) < MF &indirdesc; L trānsversus lying across, transverse; see trans -, versus)
Definition of 'Traverse'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece a horizontal beam that extends across something
2. (noun)transom, traverse a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
5. (verb)traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across travel across or pass over "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
6. (verb)cross, traverse, span, sweep to cover or extend over an area or time period "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
7. (verb)traverse, deny deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
Definition of 'Traverse'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Traverse lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches
2. (adj)Traverse anything that traverses, or crosses
3. (adj)Traverse something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control
4. (adj)Traverse a barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like
5. (adj)Traverse a gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building
6. (adj)Traverse a work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work
7. (adj)Traverse a formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technicalwords introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without this which follows
8. (adj)Traverse the zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course
9. (adj)Traverse a line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal
10. (adj)Traverse a line surveyed across a plot of ground
11. (adj)Traverse the turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction
12. (adj)Traverse a turning; a trick; a subterfuge
13. (adj)Traverse to lay in a cross direction; to cross
14. (adj)Traverse to cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught
15. (adj)Traverse to wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe
16. (adj)Traverse to pass over and view; to survey carefully
17. (adj)Traverse to turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon
18. (adj)Traverse to plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board
19. (adj)Traverse to deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it
22. (verb)Traverse to turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide
23. (verb)Traverse to tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other
Definition of 'Traverse'
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. Traverse 1. To turn a weapon to the right or left on its mount. 2. A method of surveying in which lengths and directions of lines between points on the earth are obtained by or from field measurements, and used in determining positions of the points
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