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Meaning of transversary | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A cross-beam or cross-bar, for example on a navigational cross-staff. (Compare transom.)

historical

Examples

“There was a “pole” duly graduated, and on it, so as to slip up and down, were certain cross-pieces known as “transversaries.””

“In Coignet's cross-staff not one but three transversaries are used. With these transversaries angles between respectively 90° and 30°, 30° and 10° and less than 10° are measured.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Transverse transverse cervical artery transverse colon transverse facial artery transverse flow effect transverse flute