Meaning of šķērss | Babel Free

Definitions

1. transverse, transversal, crosswise (placed in such a way that it crosses something)
2. wrong, incorrect
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“šķērss plīsums”

transverse, crosswise crack, rupture

“šķērsas taisnes”

transverse straight lines (not situated on the same plane)

“ja viena no divām taisnēm atrodas plaknē, bet otra taisne krusto šo plakni punktā, kas nepieder pie pirmās taisnes, tad dotās tasines ir šķērsas... caur šķērsām taisnēm nevar novilkt plakni”

if one of two straight lines is on a plane and the other crosses this plane at one point that does not belong to the first straight line, then the given straight lines are transverse... through transverse lines one cannot draw a plan

“nu mūsu lieta ir pavisam šķērsa”

our case is completely wrong

“atmiņās ir kāds solis, kuru tu spēris, nedomādams par sekām, un šis pirmais solis pratis iegriezt visu gaitu pavisam šķērsās sliedēs”

in memory there is a certain step which you took, not thinking about consequences, and this first step managed to turn the whole walk into completely wrong rails (= into the wrong direction)

CEFR level