traverse
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/tɹəˈvɜːs/
English
Definitions
noun
- A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- A screen or partition.
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.“He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control.”
verb
- To travel across, often under difficult conditions.“He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.”
- To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.“to traverse all nodes in a network”
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.“to traverse a cannon”
adjective
- Lying across; being in a direction across something else.“paths cut with traverse trenches”
adverb
- Athwart; across; crosswise
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Synonyms
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