traversaln.
/trəˈvəːsl/, /ˈtravəsl/, U.S. /trəˈvərs(ə)l/, /ˈtrævərs(ə)l/ 1. Chiefly Law and in legal contexts. The action or fact of obstructing, challenging, or disputing something (cf. traverse v. I.); an instance of this. In later use: spec. the action or an act of referring a legal case for later consideration; postponement (cf. traverse v. 1c, traverse n. 2b). Now rare (chiefly Canadian).
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the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > disputing or calling in question
controlment1533
challenging1825
traversal1841
1841 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 493 The sudden ruin of an ambitious man's hopes of power for ever—that the traversal of his schemes..should..make no more marked and striking an impression.
1843 Pensacola (Florida) Gaz. 12 Aug. When the accused themselves with an array of political friends were having an exparte hearing in the audience room and were there stipulating for a traversal of the sentence of the Court.
1858 Preston Guardian 18 Dec. 5/4 The traversal of the case to the House of Lords.
1956 Winnipeg Tribune 20 Feb. 15/7 The trial..was traversed today until the May Assizes. The traversal came at the request of the Crown.
1982 Winnipeg Free Press 9 Nov. 14/3 Stolar's lawyer..asked for a traversal of the trial date to January, pending the outcome of an appeal filed last week.
2.
a. The action or fact of moving, travelling, or extending through or across something; esp. a journey or passage right through, over, or across something.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > across
traversing1524
going-over1556
traverse1563
crossing1575
river crossing1839
traversal1851
1851 N. Amer. & U.S. Gaz. 29 Oct. A tunnel through the hill..unless..it opens directly opposite the bridge, will require at least two turns of the road at right angles in its traversal of the streets.
1869 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 29 Nov. The route chosen embraced a traversal of almost all the principal streets in the city.
1936 O. S. Puckle tr. M. von Ardenne Television Reception i. 11 The total number of lines in the complete picture is 240, scanned sequentially and horizontally at 25 picture traversals per second.
2018 Australian (Nexis) 20 Jan. (Travel section) 10 The allure of the Trenitalia train trip from Rome..is its daylight traversal of this stretch of wild land and seascapes.
b. figurative. Anything likened to a journey or act of travelling through something; esp. a survey, review, or consideration of a subject, argument, body of work, etc. Cf. traverse v. 6b, traverse n. 18.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun]
surveyancec1386
surveying1467
survey1548
view1569
reviewing1573
review1604
traverse1658
retrospection1661
surveyala1677
reconnaissance1815
reconnoissance1824
look-see1876
look-over1883
reconnoitre1891
poke round1901
traversal1903
recce1941
tour d'horizon1952
1903 Worker (Sydney) 25 Apr. 7/5 A minute traversal of Mr. Holman's Grenfell speech or an examination of his Parliamentary doings.
1982 Times 22 Oct. 10/5 As he began on Wednesday the traversal of all Beethoven's sonatas..it was piercingly evident that here was someone who does far more than play the piano.
2018 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 29 Mar. 4 An hour-long traversal of Cold War history and Russia's relations with the West.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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