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Adjective
/trəˈvərs/,
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traversed, past participle; traversed, past tense; traverses, 3rd person singular present; traversing, present participle;
  1. (of a curtain rod) Allowing the curtain to be opened and closed by sliding it along the rod

Verb
  1. Travel across or through
    • - he traversed the forest
  2. Extend across or through
    • - a moving catwalk that traversed a vast cavernous space
  3. Cross a hill or mountain by means of a series of sideways movements
    • - I often use this route, eventually traversing around the cliff
  4. Ski diagonally across (a slope), with only a slight descent

  5. Consider or discuss the whole extent of (a subject)
    • - he would traverse a number of subjects and disciplines
  6. Move (something) back and forth or sideways
    • - a probe is traversed along the tunnel
  7. Turn (a large gun or other device on a pivot) to face a different direction

  8. (of such a gun or device) Be turned in this way

  9. Deny (an allegation) in pleading

  10. Oppose or thwart (a plan)

Noun
  1. An act of traversing something

  2. A sideways movement, or a series of such movements, across a rock face from one line of ascent or descent to another

  3. A place where a movement of this type is necessary
    • - a narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice
  4. A movement following a diagonal course made by a skier descending a slope

  5. A zigzag course followed by a ship because winds or currents prevent it from sailing directly toward its destination

  6. A part of a structure that extends or is fixed across something

  7. A gallery extending from side to side of a church or other building

  8. A mechanism enabling a large gun to be turned to face a different direction

  9. The sideways movement of a part in a machine

  10. A single line of survey, usually plotted from compass bearings and chained or paced distances between angular points

  11. A tract surveyed in this way

  12. A pair of right-angled bends incorporated in a trench to avoid enfilading fire

  1. trave: a horizontal beam that extends across something
  2. travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
  3. cross: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
  4. transom: a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
  5. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
  6. traversal: taking a zigzag path on skis
  7. Gun laying is the process of aiming an artillery piece, such as a gun, howitzer or mortar on land or at sea against surface or air targets. It may be laying for direct fire, where the gun is aimed similarly to a rifle, or indirect fire where firing data is calculated and applied to the sights. ...
  8. Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine is a monthly magazine about life in Northern Michigan]] including Petoskey, Mackinac Island, Harbor Springs, Frankfort, Traverse City, Leelanau County, the Upper Peninsula, and more. ...
  9. TRAVERSE Accounting and Business Software is a business accounting software suite for small- to medium-sized businesses using the Microsoft Windows operating system. First produced in 1994 by Open Systems, Inc., TRAVERSE is a group of interrelated applications which operate in tandem. ...
  10. Traverse is a method in the field of surveying to establish control networks. It is also used in geodesy. Traverse networks involved placing survey stations along a line or path of travel, and then using the previously surveyed points as a base for observing the next point. ...
  11. (Traversing) Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations.
  12. A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent; In fortification, a mass of earth or other material employed to protect troops against enfilade. ...
  13. (Traversed) (trav'-ersd) Turned to the sinister side of the shield.
  14. (Traversing) Continuously moving in a direction across the flow line
  15. Moving sideways across a section of terrain instead of directly up or down.
  16. 1) any line surveyed across a parcel, 2) a series of such lines connecting a number of points, often used as a base for triangulation.
  17. To move through records in a database, elements in an array, or data contained within an object.
  18. Skiing across a slope, often in a zigzag pattern, as opposed to straight down; typically done to keep speeds down on steep surface or to cut across a mountain.
  19. (JP 1-02, NATO) - 1. To turn a weapon to the right or left on its mount. 2. A method of surveying in which lengths and directions of lines between points on the earth are obtained by or from field measurements, and used in determining positions of the points. (Army) - To move across terrain. ...
  20. A mound of earth used to protect gun positions from explosion or to defilade the inside of a field work or fortification. See image »
  21. (v.), To cross a mountain slope; (n.), a steep slope that has to be climbed from side to side.
  22. A survey done by walking along the ground with a compass and meter tape. The four types used in community mapping are linear, boundary (closed), grid, and radial.
  23. To climb a slope diagonally rather than a more direct approach. In climbing lingo, it sometimes means going almost horizontally across a face, to obtain a better route up.
  24. Parts of parapets, which crossed the breadth of the covered way, at the salient and re-entering places of arms.
  25. To sail on different Courses. When a rope runs freely through a Thimble, &c. it is said to traverse.