Definition of traverse

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Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon..

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Transversal :: Transversal (n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..
Unthread :: Unthread (v. t.) To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path..
Electrode :: Electrode (n.) The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..
Electrotonic :: Electrotonic (a.) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary.
Barruly :: Barruly (a.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) 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 :: Traverse (a.) 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..
Rheophore :: Rheophore (n.) A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current..
Transmeatable :: Transmeatable (a.) Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable.
Course :: Course (n.) The ground or path traversed; track; way.
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