traverse
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- noun
- /trəˈvɜrs/
:
travesía
- The expedition involved a long traverse through rugged terrain before reaching the summit.
And then he has a traverse, like a very tricky traverse, and through the roof.
- And then he has a traverse, like a very tricky traverse, and through the roof.
Examples
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The team made a careful traverse across the glacier, ensuring their safety at every step.
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The Second Mars Expedition included two small tractors for hauling heavy loads and two larger segmented rover vehicles for overland traverses.
Fiction book (1999) -
"We're setting a record for a land traverse of an alien world.
Fiction book (1999) -
That means they traveled from where they were stuck, all the way across the traverse.
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Prolonged period of complete isolation: This traverse will be alone on the ice from March to September 2013.
Blog text (7) -
A traverse of the plateau is done without the aid of trails.
Blog text (12) -
Climbers would continue until no more time remained, making the traverse increasingly more difficult as time progressed.
Academic text (2011) -
The tailward traverse of Comet Giacobini-Zinner gave us our first in situ look at the cometary environment.
Academic text (1992) -
During our hike, we encountered a steep cliff that required a challenging traverse to get around.
Synonyms
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1.0
A journey to a place and back for work or fun
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1.1
Going from one place to another, often over a distance
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3.2
Movement of something from one place or state to another
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1.9
Going across something like a road, river, or sea
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Movement across or through a place
A route or way used to go from one place to another
Moving from one place to another, often over a long distance
Compounds
A city in northern Michigan on a bay of Lake Michigan popular with visitors and known for cherries
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word traverse comes from Latin parts trans- 'across' and vertere 'to turn', the same trans- you see in transfer. So a traverse is a crossing or journey 'across' an area, like moving along a slope.