traverser

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From traverse +‎ -er.

traverser (plural traversers)

1. One who, or that which, traverses or moves, such as an index on a scale.
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3. (law) One who traverses, or denies.
4. (rail transport) A traverse table.
   • 1954, Colliery Engineering - Volume 31, page 8:

     As the pithead (Fig. 15) had not been designed for large wide gauge cars it was necessary to replace the usual runround with a traverser.

   • 1961 March, ""Dalmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148:

     Before I left Paris I had the chance to visit La Chapelle depot. I was fascinated by the place. Basically, the steam depot is divided into two halves, the repair side and the steam side, with a traverser in between.

   • 2019 October, “Trackwatch: Wales”, in Modern Railways, page 90:

     The outside sidings and test areas are rail-connected at the western end to the Down Service line, whilst the test area and assembly area are connected via a traverser at the eastern end of the site.

• “traverser”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.vɛʁ.se/

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traverser

1. to cross, to go across

• traversable
• traversée
• traverser l'esprit
• traversier

• travers

• “traverser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

traverser

1. to traverse; to cross; to go across

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• → English: traverse
• French: traverser

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