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translocation
English
Etymology
trans- +? location
Noun
translocation (plural translocations)
- Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
- There happened certain translocations at the deluge. — Woodward.
- (genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
- (biochemistry) A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.
Derived terms
Related terms
- translocate
Translations
Anagrams
- cotranslation, transcolation, triacontanols
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traverse
English
Etymology
From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
All parts of speech:
- (General American) IPA(key): /t???v?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t???v??s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
- Hyphenation: tra?verse
Alternative noun pronunciation:
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?æv?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?æv?s/
- Hyphenation: trav?erse
Noun
traverse (plural traverses)
- (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- (surveying) 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.
- (obsolete) A screen or partition.
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Court:
- Than sholde ye see there pressynge in a pace / Of one and other that wolde this lady see, / Whiche sat behynde a traves of sylke fyne, / Of golde of tessew the fynest that myghte be […]
- 1613, Francis Beaumont, The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn
- At the entrance of the king, / The first traverse was drawn.
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Court:
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control.
- (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)
- (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- 1994, Stephen R. Wise, Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863 (page 160)
- At night, when the Federal guns slowed their fire, the men created new traverses and bombproofs.
- 1994, Stephen R. Wise, Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863 (page 160)
- (obsolete) A traverse board.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 7:
- The whole care of the vessel rested, therefore, upon me, and I was obliged to direct her by my former experience, not being able to work a traverse.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 7:
Related terms
- Grand Traverse County
- traversal
- Traverse City
- Traverse County
- traversive
- travis
Translations
Verb
traverse (third-person singular simple present traverses, present participle traversing, simple past and past participle traversed)
- (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.
- (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- to traverse all nodes in a network
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by the flowing of the folds.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- to traverse a cannon
- (climbing), To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- (engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- the road traversed the face of the ridge as the right-of-way climbed the mountain
- The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge.
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, II:
- The well-meaning priest suffered him to deceive himself, fully determined to traverse his views, instead of seconding them.
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, II:
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- 1675, Robert South, Of the odious Sin of Ingratitude (A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, Oxon, October 17, 1675)
- My purpose is to […] traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice — ingratitude.
- 1675, Robert South, Of the odious Sin of Ingratitude (A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, Oxon, October 17, 1675)
- (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- to traverse a board
- (law) To deny formally.
- 1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Dryden
- And save the expense of long litigious laws, / Where suits are traversed, and so little won / That he who conquers is but last undone.
- 1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Dryden
- (intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
Translations
Adverb
traverse (comparative more traverse, superlative most traverse)
- athwart; across; crosswise
Adjective
traverse (comparative more traverse, superlative most traverse)
- Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
- paths cut with traverse trenches
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture
- Oak […] being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work.
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
- the ridges of the fallow field lay trauerse
Derived terms
- traverse drill
Anagrams
- averters
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?a.v??s/
- IPA(key): /t?a.v??s/
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin traversa, feminine of traversus.
Noun
traverse f (plural traverses)
- crossing
- (literary) obstacle, hurdle
- (rail transport) sleeper (UK), tie (US)
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Verb
traverse
- inflection of traverser:
- first-person and third-person singular present indicative
- first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- réservât, reversât
Further reading
- “traverse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
traverse
- feminine plural of traverso
Noun
traverse f
- plural of traversa
Anagrams
- varreste
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