Definition of traverse

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Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..

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Pathfinder :: Pathfinder (n.) One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
Keel :: Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..
Traversable :: Traversable (a.) Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region..
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..
Transversal :: Transversal (n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced..
Semidiurnal :: Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc..
Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..
Round :: Round (n.) A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman..
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe..
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Anything that traverses, or crosses..
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