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The correct spelling is traverse.
How to pronounce traverse
/tɹəˈvɜːs/
nounIPA: /tɹəˈvɜːs/
Say it like: Tra-ver-se
The correct spelling is traverse. A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent. For example: "He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control."
Usage Examples
“He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control.”
“He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.”
“to traverse all nodes in a network”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- 2.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.
- 3.A screen or partition.
- 4.Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- 5.A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
verb
- 1.To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- 2.To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- 3.To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- 4.(artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- 5., To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
adjective
- 1.Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
adverb
- 1.Athwart; across; crosswise
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