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/trav"euhrs, treuh verrs"/, v., traversed, traversing, n., adj.v.t.1. to pass or move over, along, or through.2. to go to and fro over or along.3. to extend across or over: A bridge traverses the stream.4. to go up, down, or across (a rope, mountain, hill, etc.) at an angle: The climbers traversed the east face of the mountain.5. to ski across (a hill or slope).6. to cause to move laterally.7. to look over, examine, or consider carefully; review; survey.8. to go counter to; obstruct; thwart.9. to contradict or deny.10. Law.a. (in the law of pleading) to deny formally (an allegation of fact set forth in a previous pleading).b. to join issue upon.11. to turn and point (a gun) in any direction.v.i.12. to pass along or go across something; cross: a point in the river where we could traverse.13. to ski across a hill or slope on a diagonal.14. to turn laterally, as a gun.15. Fencing. to glide the blade toward the hilt of the contestant's foil while applying pressure to the blade.n.16. the act of passing across, over, or through.17. something that crosses, obstructs, or thwarts; obstacle.18. a transversal or similar line.19. a place where one may traverse or cross; crossing.20. Archit. a transverse gallery or loft of communication in a church or other large building.21. a bar, strip, rod, or other structural part placed or extending across; crosspiece; crossbar.22. a railing, lattice, or screen serving as a barrier.23. Naut.a. the zigzag track of a vessel compelled by contrary winds or currents to sail on different courses.b. each of the runs in a single direction made in such sailing.24. Fort.a. a defensive barrier, parapet, or the like, placed transversely.b. a defensive barrier thrown across the terreplein or the covered way of a fortification to protect it from enfilade fire.25. Gunnery. the horizontal turning of a gun so as to make it point in any required direction.26. Mach.a. the motion of a lathe tool or grinding wheel along a piece of work.b. a part moving along a piece of work in this way, as the carriage of a lathe.27. Survey. 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. Cf. closed traverse.28. Law. a formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the other side.adj.29. lying, extending, or passing across; transverse.[1250-1300; (v.) ME traversen < MF traverser to cross < LL transversare, deriv. of L transversus (see TRANS-, VERSUS); (n.) ME travers(e) < MF traverse ( < L transversa something lying across, fem. of transversus) and travers ( < L transversum passage across, neut. of transversus)]Syn. 1. cross. 9. gainsay, dispute, challenge.
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Universalium. 2010.
