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Transversary

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transomnoun(architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
transversenoun(geometry) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
transversariumnoun(anatomy) A transverse process in a vertebra
crossundernounA place where one thing crosses under another.
transeptnoun(architecture) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.
subcrossnounA crosspiece that is below something.
cross aislenounA transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church.
traversingverbA traversal.
transverse colonnoun(anatomy) A part of colon joining ascending colon and descending colon.
upcrossingnounAn upward crossing of a threshold.
subcrossingnounAn underpass.
crossrownounA row that crosses others.
afterbrownoun(nautical) A gangway positioned aft of midship
cross-rownounAlternative form of crossrow. [A row that crosses others.]
cross channelnounA minor channel connecting two larger channels running parallel to each other
breakthroughnounAny major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
underbridgenoun(British) A bridge that allows traffic to pass under a road, river, railway etc.
crossflownounA crosswise flow.
crossbandnounA band going across something, especially:
transcontinentalnoun(chiefly in the plural) a transcontinental railroad.

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