Lying or being across or in a cross direction; as a transverse diameter of axis. Transverse lines are the diagonals of a square or parallelogram. Lines which intersect perpendiculars, are also called transverse.

In botany, a transverse partition, in a pericarp, is at right angles with the valves, as in a silique.

The longer axis of an ellipse.

transvers’. To overturn.