Transverse
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Description
For wood, a transvere cut is perpendicular to the longitudinal grain of the tree. Transverse cuts on a cake would produce a set of parallel, horizontal slices starting from the top to the bottom, where each slice is a full circle. Tree growth rings are seen as a series of embedded circles in transverse cuts.
Synonyms and Related Terms
crosswise; trasnversal (Esp.); trasversale (It.)
Resources and Citations
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- R. Bruce Hoadley, Identifying Wood, The Taunton Press, Newton, CT, 1990