traverse
/tɹəˈvɜːs//tɹəˈvɝs/noun
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A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
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.
A screen or partition.
Something that thwarts or obstructs.
Example: He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control.
verb
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To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
Example: He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.
To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
Example: to traverse all nodes in a network
To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
(artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
Example: to traverse a cannon
adjective
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Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
Example: paths cut with traverse trenches
adverb
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Athwart; across; crosswise