crosswedge

Noun

crosswedge

1. A wedge that is driven crosswise.
   • These are all the shoulders that will be necessary, unless when the reversing motion is used, and in that case, two more square or polygonal parts w w, must be formed for the external ratchet-wheels N and O to be fixed upon, and these wheels may be secured in their places by the washers x x, which...1821, The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, page 203
   • He had trimmed the ends of the axle log into rough rounds, and once the wheels were in place split the ends and placed crosswedges in them.1988, Elizabeth Moon, Divided Allegiance, →ISBN
2. A wedge-shaped waveform that moves in the cross direction to the current.
   • For this asymptotic case we are considering, k - r \, and * - (54), is the distance from the apex multiplied by some constant factor Fig 4 shows that the crosswedge wavelength decreases as the wave approaches the apex.1982, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Collected Reprints - Issue 2, page 867
   • Thus analytical surface wave solutions are available to describe waves that are either progressive or trapped in the crosswedge direction.2012, A. R. Robinson, Eddies in Marine Science, →ISBN