noun.
In mathematics, a transverse axis.
Crosswise; across; transversely.
Lying or being across or in a cross direction; cross; thwart.
Collateral.
In anatomy and zoology, broader or wider than long; having its major diameter crosswise: noting various parts or organs which lie or are taken to run across other parts, or especially across the long axis of the whole body. See transversalis and transversus.
In botany:
Right and left or collateral with reference to the median plane.
Being at right angles to the axial direction: for example, see transverse partition, below.
In herpetology, specifically noting a bone of the skull which usually unites the palatine and the pterygoid bones with the maxilla.
In heraldry, crossing the escutcheon from one side to the opposite one.
Of the brain, a fissure beneath the fornix and the hemispheres, above the optic thalami, through which membranes and vessels are continued from the pia mater into the ventricles of the brain.
noun.
In anatomy, a transversalis or transversus: as, the transverse of the abdomen, perineum, or sole of the foot.
To overturn; turn topsyturvy.
To change; transpose. Compare transprose.
To transgress; run counter.