facing vs transverse

facing

adj
  • Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction) 

  • Diverging in the direction of travel. 

noun
  • Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside. 

  • A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. 

  • The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about. 

  • The most external portion of exterior siding. 

  • The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat. 

transverse

adj
  • Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas. 

  • (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. 

  • Made at right angles to the long axis of the body. 

noun
  • Anything that is transverse or athwart. 

  • The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse. 

verb
  • To alter or transform. 

  • To lie or run across; to cross. 

  • To overturn. 

  • To traverse or thwart. 

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