transversely
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6.7
- adverb
- /trænsˈvɜrˌsli/
:
transversalmente
- Another tire cord strip was applied transversely onto the heel of the tread compound sole plate.
- transversely mounted
Examples
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Because it could be mounted transversely between the two non-steerable rear wheels, an engine in the rear would allow the frontal area to shrink.
Academic text (1999) -
With the rest of the patients, a transversely designed flap was used.
Academic text (2005) -
You start walking on your hands in the room transversely.
Blog text (25) -
We have used DIEP flaps designed vertically and transversely, using only the hemiabdomen in 6 patients.
Academic text (2005) -
Jantz also looked at ridge breadth, which represents "ridges that run transversely across the finger between the pattern and the flexion crease."
Blog text (22) -
The rate at which plasma is expelled in the reconnection exhaust jets has to be balanced by plasma flowing transversely into the X-line and nearby exhaust regions.
Academic text (2006) -
The Homo erectus fossil known as KNM-WT 15000, Turkana boy, has a significantly more transversely oriented spine that even exceeds the modern human range.
Blog text (15) -
A recent experiment at NIST looked for the rotation of the spins of transversely polarized slow neutrons moving through liquid helium and found an upper bound of 1 microradian per meter.
Academic text (2012) -
Using CT, one could reconstruct the 3D shape of the residual limb from a number of 2D slices taken transversely to the limb's long axis (70).
Academic text (2001) -
The two roads run transversely to each other, forming a crossroads.
Synonyms
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2.1
At or toward the side instead of straight ahead
24
3.7
Moving left and right repeatedly from a middle point
8
5.0
To the side, moving in a sideways way
1
7.7
Across something at right angles to its main direction
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7.3
In a way that is at a right angle to a surface, like straight up from the ground
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8.1
In a way that is at a right angle to something or not connected to it
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6.6
To the side or at an angle
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4.6
In a direction that is toward one side rather than forward or backward
In a place across something so it lies from one side to the other
Across something from one side to the other at a right angle
Across something instead of along it, sometimes meaning wrong or not as planned
Across the width of something rather than along its length
Across a place at an angle
To move toward one side
In a way that moves toward the side
How Across
Surface Forms
Morphology
transversely = transverse (transparent) = transverse + ly
The adverb is formed by the productive suffix '-ly' from the adjective 'transverse', and the meaning 'in a crosswise manner' follows directly.
Etymology
Transversely comes from the parts trans- meaning 'across', as in transport, and -verse meaning 'turn' or 'direction', as in reverse. That's why transversely means 'across' or at right angles to the main direction.