2. Noun. (plural of traverse) ¹
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Definition of Traverses
1. traverse [v] - See also: traverse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Traverses
Literary usage of Traverses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Obviously several traverses have to be made when an area is to be investigated.
... Most traverses are map traverses, that is, they are described in terms ..."
2. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen (1894)
"Under this head it is proposed to examine, 1, the nature and properties of
traverses; 2, the nature and properties of pleadings in confession and avoidance; ..."
3. An Introduction to the Law, Relative to Trials at Nisi Prius by Francis Buller, Richard Whalley Bridgman (1817)
"PART V. CONTAINING ONE BOOK OF traverses AND PROHIBITIONS. INTRODUCTION. JL HERE
still remain two other species of suits which may be tried at ..."
4. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"... the right from the Zahlbach road near the cemetery, traverses the market-gardens
... and traverses the pretty valley of the Nahe, with its vineyards and ..."
5. Mirrors, Prisms and Lenses: A Text-book of Geometrical Optics by James Powell Cocke Southall (1918)
"Case when the Ray traverses the Prism Symmetrically.—As has been pointed out
already (§ 52), a special case of great interest occurs when the ray traverses ..."
6. The Elements of Field Fortifications: For the Use of the Cadets of the by Junius Brutus Wheeler (1882)
"traverses.—The traverses constructed along a parapet are of two kinds, viz., the
traverses built to afford shelter against slant and enfilading »- fires, ..."
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