Transverse

a. [Lat. transversus, p. p. of transvertere, to turn or direct across, from prefix trans, across, and vertere, to turn; Fr. transverse, Pr. transvers, travers, Sp. transverso, traverso, It. trasverso.] Lying or being across, or in a cross-wise direction.

Transverse axis of an ellipse or hyperbola (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci. — Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in a silique.