transapicaladj.
/trɑːnzˈapᵻkl/, /tranzˈapᵻkl/, /trɑːnzˈeɪpᵻkl/, /tranzˈeɪpᵻkl/, /trɑːnsˈapᵻkl/, /transˈapᵻkl/, /trɑːnsˈeɪpᵻkl/, /transˈeɪpᵻkl/, U.S. /træn(t)sˈeɪpᵻk(ə)l/, /trænzˈeɪpᵻk(ə)l/, /træn(t)sˈæpək(ə)l/, /trænzˈæpək(ə)l/ Botany.
Transverse to the apical axis (of a diatom).
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transapical1900
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 273 Transapical,..at right angles to the apical axis, passing through the centre of the pervalvar (main longitudinal) axis of a Diatom; transapical Plane, the plane at right angles to both valvar and apical planes, passing through the pervalvar and transapical axis (O. Mueller).
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