Transverse may refer to: *

Transverse engine A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel. Many modern front-wheel drive vehicles use this engine mounting configuration. Most rear-wheel drive vehicle ...

, an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side relative to the wheels of the vehicle *

Transverse flute A transverse flute or side-blown flute is a flute which is held horizontally when played. The player blows across the embouchure hole, in a direction perpendicular to the flute's body length. Transverse flutes include the Western concert f ...

, a flute that is held horizontally * Transverse force (or ''Euler force''), the tangential force that is felt in reaction to any angular acceleration * Transverse mass, a particle physics quantity *

Transverse plane The transverse plane (also known as the horizontal plane, axial plane and transaxial plane) is an anatomical plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections. It is perpendicular to the coronal and sagittal planes. List of cli ...

, the plane orthogonal to the anteroposterior or oral-aboral axis *

Transverse rotors Transverse rotor aircraft have two large horizontal rotor assemblies mounted side by side. Single-rotor helicopters (unicopters) need an additional tail rotor or tail exhaust to neutralize the reactional angular momentum produced by the ...

, a type of rotorcraft in which there are two rotors mounted side by side *

Transverse wave In physics, a transverse wave is a wave whose oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of the wave's advance. This is in contrast to a longitudinal wave which travels in the direction of its oscillations. Water waves are an example o ...

, a wave that causes a disturbance in the medium perpendicular to the direction it advances *

Transverse Island Transverse Island () is an island between Fold Island and Keel Island on the east side of Stefansson Bay, off the coast of Enderby Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and nam ...

, an island on the east side of Stefansson Bay, off the coast of Enderby Land

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