transverse

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

1. 1
   Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
2. 2
   Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
3. 3
   (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
4. 4
   Not in direct line of descent; collateral.

Noun

1. 1
   Anything that is transverse or athwart, such as a road or a ship's web frame.
2. 2
   The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

Verb

1. 1
   To lie or run across; to cross.
2. 2
   To traverse or thwart.
3. 3
   To overturn.
4. 4
   To alter or transform.
5. 5
   To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.