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Traverses
A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
📖 Definitions of "Traverses"
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A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
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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.
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A screen or partition.
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Something that thwarts or obstructs.
"He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control."
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To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
"He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side."
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To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
"to traverse all nodes in a network"
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To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
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(artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
"to traverse a cannon"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Traverses"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| crossbeamnoun | A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder. |
| crosspiecenoun | A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something. |
| sweepverb | (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. |
| transomnoun | (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel. |
| coververb | (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect. |
| trackverb | To continue over time. |
| travenoun | (architecture) A crossbeam. |
| cut acrossverb | To take a shortcut over or through (a place). |
| traversalnoun | The act of traversing; a crossing. |
| pass oververb | (transitive with over as adverbial particle) To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else. |
| get acrossverb | (transitive) To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over. |
| cut throughverb | (idiomatic) To dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time). |
| get oververb | (idiomatic, transitive) To forget and move on; to calm down regarding something. |
| denyverb | (transitive) To assert that something is not true. |
| crossverb | A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other. |
| spanverb | (transitive) To extend through the distance between or across. |
| bisectsverb | (transitive) To cut or divide into two parts. |
| crossesverb | To make or form a cross. |
| crossingsnoun | An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross. |
| faces | an English rock band formed in London in 1969. |
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