TRANSVERSE, adjective transvers'. [Latin transversus; trans and versus, verto.]

1. Lying or being across or in a cross direction; as a transverse diameter of axis. transverse lines are the diagonals of a square or parallelogram. Lines which intersect perpendiculars, are also called transverse

2. In botany, a transverse partition, in a pericarp, is at right angles with the valves, as in a silique.

TR'ANSVERSE, noun The longer axis of an ellipse.

TRANSVERSE, verb transitive transvers'. To overturn. [Little used.]