In dictionaries:
Traverse City
City known for cherries, tourism.
lake traverse
an lake along the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and South Dakota, and is the southernmost body of water in the Hudson Bay watershed of North America.
closed traverse
traverse rod
Curtain rod with sliding mechanism.
traverse tables
traverse jury
Jury selected for a trial.
Tyrolean traverse
A method of crossing through free space between two high points on a rope without a hanging cart or equivalent, used in mountaineering, caving, etc.
traverse flute
traverse board
Navigation tool for recording courses.
traverse table
(nautical, surveying) A table by means of which the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course and distance may be found by inspection. It contains the lengths of the two sides of a right-angled triangle, usually for every quarter of a degree of angle, and for lengths of the hypotenuse, from 1 to 100.
girdle traverse
(climbing) A problem involving horizontally traversing along a cliff
traverse sailing
Navigating by plotting multiple courses.
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