A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
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.
At the entrance of the king, the first traverse was drawn, and the lower descent of the mountain discovered, which was the pendant of a hill to life, with divers boscages and grovets upon the steep or hanging grounds thereof.
A screen or partition.
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 […]
To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.
To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
athwart; across; crosswise
Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
paths cut with traverse trenches
A surname from French.
From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).
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to traverse all nodes in a network
To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by the flowing of the folds.