adjective Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
adjective Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
adjective Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting.
adjective Not in direct line of descent; collateral.
noun Anything that is transverse or athwart, such as a road or a ship's web frame.
noun The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.