See Also: transect(medicine)
transect(1)(dictionary)
transect(2)(dictionary)

transect(2) (iou)



transect verb trans. M17.
[from Latin TRANS- + sect- pa. ppl stem of secare cut.]
Cut across; divide by passing across; cut transversely.
Nature Gorge-like melt-water channels transecting the Mendip ridge.
transection noun the action of transecting; a transverse section: L19.