transversely
At right angles
In a direction that crosses something at an angle, typically perpendicular to its length: The beam was cut transversely.
In anatomy, transversely describes movement or sections across the body's width rather than along its length: The muscle fibers run transversely.
Across and against
askew · aslant · slantwise · horizontally · breadthwise · widthwise · edgewise · diagonally
At right angles
- right-angleNinety-degree intersection
- normalConforming to standard
- plumbExactly vertical or true
- squareRhombus with right angles
vertical · horizontal · axis · bisecting · coordinate · geometry · cross-section
athwart
Across and against
crossways · askew · aslant · slantwise · horizontally · breadthwise · widthwise · edgewise · diagonally · crisscross
orthogonal
At right angles
- right-angleNinety-degree intersection
- normalConforming to standard
- plumbExactly vertical or true
square · vertical · horizontal · axis · bisecting · coordinate · geometry · cross-section
cross-section
View through interior
sectional · dissection · slice · plane · imaging · MRI · histology · tissue · specimen · midline
- directional adverbshorizontally, vertically, diagonally, laterally, longitudinally
transverselylongitudinally
Along the longer axis
lengthwise · lengthways · axially · along the length · parallel
- transverse processBony vertebral side projection
- transverse myelitisSpinal cord inflammation across width