Usually means: Wave oscillation perpendicular to direction.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. transverse wave: Merriam-Webster
  2. transverse wave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. transverse wave: Collins English Dictionary
  4. transverse wave: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. transverse wave: Wiktionary
  6. transverse wave: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. transverse wave: Dictionary.com
  8. Transverse wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. transverse wave: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transverse wave: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Transverse Wave: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Transverse Wave: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (transverse wave)

noun:  (physics) Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of travel

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