transectn.
/ˈtrɑːnsɛkt/, /ˈtransɛkt/, U.S. /ˈtræn(t)ˌsɛk(t)/ A line or a belt of land along which a survey is made of the plant or animal life or some other feature; a survey of this kind.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [noun] > portion of
subregion1830
province1847
realm1854
substrate1876
quadrat1904
transect1905
biotope1909
basal cover1923
microhabitat1931
basal area1938
tetrad1963
1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 176 When longer transects are desired, as in the case of forest formations, tapes of 500 or 1,000 meters should be used with eyelets a meter apart.
1939 F. E. Clements & V. E. Shelford Bio-Ecol. v. 196 Cross checking rendered possible by his use of four methods, viz: trapping, censuses, hare transects, and quadrats of droppings.
1974 Environmental Conservation 1 57/2 A second transect in an area of high-centred polygons..exhibited less than 2% differences in total thaw by season's end.
1979 Rescue News Dec. 4/2 A transect was plotted from the highest corner of the field to the source of the Gypsey Race. Along this over 20 one-metre square trial holes were dug.
Compounds
General attributive.
transect count n.
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1971 Country Life 23 Sept. 739/1 The puffin study, involving transect counts of occupied burrows on the island's vertiginous slopes, had been hazardous.
transect line n.
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1973 J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse iii. 175 Certain rounds were arranged to follow transect lines according to compass bearings.
transect strip n.
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1953 P. M. Scott & J. M. M. Fisher Thousand Geese 220 It was not possible to maintain a constant width of transect-strip.
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transectv.
/trɑːnˈsɛkt/, /tranˈsɛkt/, U.S. /træn(t)ˈsɛk(t)/ transitive. To cut across; to divide by passing across; in Anatomy to dissect transversely.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut through
shearOE
hacka1325
through-carvec1330
through-cutc1330
detrench1398
rivea1400
trench1483
cross-cut1590
rescind1598
transect1634
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > divide by passing across
intercut1611
transect1634
cleave1807
the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (transitive)]
crossc1400
overcarvec1400
cut?a1475
intersect1615
decussate1658
decuss1782
transect1861
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 161 Who with a Sword of a hundred Cubits length, cut off at one blow ten thousand Christians heads, and transected Taurus.
1861 E. T. Holland Iceland in Peaks, Passes, etc. 2nd Ser. I. 8 The plain of Thing-vellir..is transected by numerous longitudinal crevasses in the lava.
1890 O. Crawfurd Round Calendar in Portugal 178 The river Douro that transects the northern provinces of Portugal from east to west.
Derivatives
tranˈsected adj.
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1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 711 The concentric layers in these transsected knobs.
1888 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. May 488 The transsected sheaths of the tubules.
transection n. /trɑːnˈsɛkʃən//træn-/ [compare section n.] the action of transecting; a transverse section.
/trɑːnˈsɛkʃən//træn-/ [compare section n.] the action of transecting; a transverse section.ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > incision > [noun] > across
transection1899
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 518 Transection of the spinal cord above the lumbar enlargement depresses the knee-jerk for a time.
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