traverse
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin trans across + versus turned, perfect passive participle of vertere, turn
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
traverse (plural traverses)
- (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- (military) In fortification, a mass of earth or other material employed to protect troops against enfilade. It is constructed at right angles to the parapet.
- (surveying) 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.
- (obsolete) A screen or partition.
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Court:
- Than sholde ye see there pressynge in a pace / Of one and other that wolde this lady see, / Whiche sat behynde a traves of sylke fyne, / Of golde of tessew the fynest that myghte be [...].
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Court:
Related terms [edit]
Verb [edit]
traverse (third-person singular simple present traverses, present participle traversing, simple past and past participle traversed)
- (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.
- (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly; as, to traverse all nodes in a network.
- (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- (climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle.
Translations [edit]
to travel across, often under difficult conditions
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computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly
Adverb [edit]
traverse (comparative more traverse, superlative most traverse)
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /tʁa.vɛʁs/
Etymology 1 [edit]
Vulgar Latin traversa, feminine of traversus.
Noun [edit]
traverse f (plural traverses)
Etymology 2 [edit]
Inflected forms.
Verb [edit]
traverse
- first-person singular present indicative of traverser
- third-person singular present indicative of traverser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of traverser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of traverser
- second-person singular imperative of traverser
Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
traverse f
- Feminine plural form of traverso
Noun [edit]
traverse f
- Plural form of traversa
Anagrams [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- en:Climbing
- en:Military
- en:Surveying
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English verbs
- en:Computing
- English adverbs
- en:Gaits
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Rail transportation
- French verb forms
- Italian plurals
- Italian adjective forms