Definition of Traverses

1. Verb. (third-person singular of traverse) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of traverse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Traverses

1. traverse [v] - See also: traverse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Traverses

travelogue
traveloguelike
travelogues
travelour
travels
traveltime
traveltimes
travers
traversable
traversal
traversals
traverse
traversed
traverser
traversers
traverses (current term)
traversing
traverso
traversos
travertine
travertines
travertinous
traves
travestied
travesties
travesty
travestying
travis
travises
travois

Literary usage of Traverses

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

1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Obviously several traverses have to be made when an area is to be investigated. ... Most traverses are map traverses, that is, they are described in terms ..."

2. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen (1894)
"Under this head it is proposed to examine, 1, the nature and properties of traverses; 2, the nature and properties of pleadings in confession and avoidance; ..."

3. An Introduction to the Law, Relative to Trials at Nisi Prius by Francis Buller, Richard Whalley Bridgman (1817)
"PART V. CONTAINING ONE BOOK OF traverses AND PROHIBITIONS. INTRODUCTION. JL HERE still remain two other species of suits which may be tried at ..."

4. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"... the right from the Zahlbach road near the cemetery, traverses the market-gardens ... and traverses the pretty valley of the Nahe, with its vineyards and ..."

5. Mirrors, Prisms and Lenses: A Text-book of Geometrical Optics by James Powell Cocke Southall (1918)
"Case when the Ray traverses the Prism Symmetrically.—As has been pointed out already (§ 52), a special case of great interest occurs when the ray traverses ..."

6. The Elements of Field Fortifications: For the Use of the Cadets of the by Junius Brutus Wheeler (1882)
"traverses.—The traverses constructed along a parapet are of two kinds, viz., the traverses built to afford shelter against slant and enfilading »- fires, ..."

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