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transv.

transv. is the abbreviation of transverse.

Meaning of transverse

Adjective

transverse (not comparable)

  1. Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
    • The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Glasgow Suburban”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660
  2. Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
  3. (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
  4. (obsolete) Not in direct line of descent; collateral.

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Questions about transv.

What is transv. the abbreviation of?
Transv. is the abbreviation of transverse.

Words near transv. in the dictionary

  1. transureteroureterostomy
  2. transurethral
  3. transurethrally
  4. transuteral
  5. transuterine
  6. transv.
  7. Transvaal
  8. Transvaal daisies
  9. Transvaal daisy
  10. Transvaaler
  11. Transvaalers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: transv. (page history and authors); transverse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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