Definition of Transversely

1. Adverb. In a transverse manner. "They were cut transversely"

Exact synonyms: Transversally
Partainyms: Transversal, Transverse

Definition of Transversely

1. adv. In a transverse manner.

Definition of Transversely

1. Adverb. In a transverse manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transversely

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transversely

transverse sinus of pericardium
transverse tarsal articulation
transverse tarsal joint
transverse temporal convolutions
transverse temporal gyri
transverse temporal sulci
transverse tibiofibular ligament
transverse vein of face
transverse vein of scapula
transverse veins of neck
transverse velum
transverse vesical fold
transverse wave
transversectomy
transversely (current term)
transverses
transversion
transversion mutation
transversions
transversity
transversocostal
transversospinal muscle
transversospinalis muscle
transversourethralis
transversovertical index
transversus
transversus abdominis muscle
transversus menti muscle

Literary usage of Transversely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Papers by Oliver Heaviside (1894)
"A Charged Straight Line moving transversely. 1 7. Next, let the electrified line be in steady motion perpendicularly to its length. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"in. transversely; skin dark, bright red, with occasional dark spots or bl(>t<-lios ... in. transversely; skin rather dark red, with peculiar stipple marks ..."

3. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"Half of fruit cut transversely, I'm; ,. JI in the centre. ... Seed cut transversely, a portion of the seed. Embryo (mug. ..."

4. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"Given any point 0, and any two lines through it; join loth directly and transversely the points in which these lines meet a circle ; then, if the direct ..."

5. The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1813)
"surveying it transversely as he held it betwixt his finger and his thumb ;—then fore-right,—then this way, and then that, in all its possible directions and ..."

6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1833)
"We may at first detach from them those whose testa is almost ovoid, narrowed and truncated transversely in front, whose tail presents distinctly in the ..."

7. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"unto that towards the top thereof : and beside these two cutting each other transversely at right angles (so that the erected part ..."

8. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"five inches wide, three-quarters of an inch thick, and thirty feet long, crossing each other transversely about three feet apart. These braces are secured ..."

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