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o of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.

ght which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electric currents moving transversely to the direction of the ray.

m the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.

One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf. Syd. Soc. Lex.

yperbola (Geom.), one whose axes are equal. -- Equilateral shell (Zoöl.), one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it into two equal and symmetrical parts. -- Mutually equilateral, applied to two figures, when every side of the one has its equal among the sides o…

e interspaces between the costæ of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.

, the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timber. Knight.

e piccolo ( Etym: [It., little flute], an octave flute. -- Flauto traverso ( Etym: [It., transverse flute], the German flute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old flûte a bec, with a mouth piece at the end.

ure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure.

supports to which its ends are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow. -- Funicular curve. Same as Catenary. -- Funicular machine (Mech.), an apparatus for illustrating certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at one end t…

arfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel. Futtock plates (Naut.), plates of iron to which the dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are secured. -- Futtock shrouds, short iron shrouds leading from the upper part of the lowe…

Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. Gray.

The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel.

t one of its axes. The surface has two separate sheets when the axis of revolution is the transverse axis, but only one when the axis of revolution is the conjugate axis of the hyperbola.

One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.

A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.

The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.

An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.

ding in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body. Cheyne.

A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure. B. G. Wildex.