TRAVERSE
Definition of TRAVERSE
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A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
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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.
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A screen or partition.
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To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
"He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side."
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To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
"to traverse all nodes in a network"
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To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
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Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
"paths cut with traverse trenches"
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Athwart; across; crosswise
Source: Wiktionary