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transversaries

transversaries is the plural of transversary.

Meaning of transversary

Noun

transversary (plural transversaries)

  1. (historical) A cross-beam or cross-bar, for example on a navigational cross-staff. (Compare transom.)
    • There was a “pole” duly graduated, and on it, so as to slip up and down, were certain cross-pieces known as “transversaries.”1888, William John Gordon, The Captain-general: Being the Story of the Attempt of the Dutch to Colonize New Holland

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Questions about transversaries

What is transversaries the plural of?
Transversaries is the plural of transversary.

Words near transversaries in the dictionary

  1. transversality condition
  2. transversality conditions
  3. transversally
  4. transversals
  5. transversaria
  6. transversaries
  7. transversarium
  8. transversary
  9. transverse
  10. transverse cervical arteries
  11. transverse cervical artery

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