Definitions for Traversetrəˈvɜrs, ˈtræv ərs; ˈtræv ərs, trəˈvɜrs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tra•versetrəˈvɜrs, ˈtræv ərs; ˈtræv ərs, trəˈvɜrs(v.; n., adj.; n.; adj.)-versed, -vers•ing
(v.t.)to pass or move over, along, or through; cross.
to go to and fro over or along.
to extend across or over:
A bridge traverses the stream.
to go up, down, or across (a hill, rope, etc.) at an angle.
to ski across (a hill or slope).
Category: Sports and Games
to cause to move laterally.
to look over, examine, or consider carefully; review; survey.
to go counter to; obstruct.
to contradict or deny.
Law. (in pleading) to deny formally (an allegation). to enter into controversy on (a matter).
Category: Law
to turn and point (a gun) in any direction.
(v.i.)to pass along or go across something; cross.
to ski or climb across a slope on a diagonal.
Category: Sports and Games
to turn laterally, as a gun.
(in fencing) to glide the blade toward the hilt of the contestant's foil while applying pressure to the blade.
Category: Sport
(n.)the act of passing across, over, or through.
something that crosses or extends across.
a transversal or similar line.
a place where one may traverse or cross; crossing.
a lateral or oblique course or movement.
something that obstructs or thwarts; obstacle.
a transverse gallery or loft in a church or other large building.
Category: Architecture
a bar, strip, rod, or other structural part placed or extending across; crosspiece; crossbar.
Category: Building Trades
a railing, lattice, or screen serving as a barrier.
Category: Building Trades
the zigzag track of a vessel compelled by contrary winds or currents to sail on different courses. each of the runs in a single direction made in such sailing.
Category: Nautical, Navy
a defensive barrier, parapet, or the like, placed transversely.
Category: Fortification
the horizontal turning of a mounted gun to change direction of fire.
Category: Military
the motion of a lathe tool or grinding wheel along a piece of work. a part moving along a piece of work in this way, as the carriage of a lathe.
Category: Machinery
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.
Category: Surveying
Law. a formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the other side.
Category: Law
(adj.)lying, extending, or passing across; transverse.
Origin of traverse:
1250–1300; ME (n.) < MF 蠐 L trānsversus lying across, transverse; see trans -, versus
tra•vers′er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece(noun)
a horizontal beam that extends across something
transom, traverse(noun)
a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
traversal, traverse(noun)
taking a zigzag path on skis
traversal, traverse(verb)
travel across
traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across(verb)
travel across or pass over
"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
cross, traverse, span, sweep(verb)
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"
traverse, deny(verb)
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
Wiktionary
traverse(Noun)
A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
traverse(Noun)
In fortification, a mass of earth or other material employed to protect troops against enfilade. It is constructed at right angles to the parapet.
traverse(Noun)
A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
traverse(Verb)
To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.
traverse(Verb)
To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly; as, to traverse all nodes in a network.
traverse(Verb)
To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
traverse(Verb)
To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle.
Origin: From trans across + versus turned, perfect passive participle of vertere, turn
Webster Dictionary
Traverse(adj)
lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches
Traverse(adverb)
athwart; across; crosswise
Traverse(adj)
anything that traverses, or crosses
Traverse(adj)
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
Traverse(adj)
a barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like
Traverse(adj)
a gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building
Traverse(adj)
a work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work
Traverse(adj)
a formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without this which follows
Traverse(adj)
the zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course
Traverse(adj)
a line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal
Traverse(adj)
a line surveyed across a plot of ground
Traverse(adj)
the turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction
Traverse(adj)
a turning; a trick; a subterfuge
Traverse(adj)
to lay in a cross direction; to cross
Traverse(adj)
to cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught
Traverse(adj)
to wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe
Traverse(adj)
to pass over and view; to survey carefully
Traverse(adj)
to turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon
Traverse(adj)
to plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board
Traverse(adj)
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
Traverse(verb)
to use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing
Traverse(verb)
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
Traverse(verb)
to tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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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