transect
1 of 2verb
tran·sect tran(t)-ˈsekt 
transected; transecting; transects
transitive verb
: to cut transversely
transection
tran(t)-ˈsek-shən
noun transect
2 of 2noun
tran·sect ˈtran(t)-ˌsekt
: a sample area (as of vegetation) usually in the form of a long continuous strip
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
David Treuer, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020 Of significant interest to Alaskans should be the situation on the Canadian side of the border, which brings home the challenges of managing fisheries along a 2,000-mile river that transects two nations. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2018 Over the years the course of the river moved closer and closer, taking the trees, and eventually requiring the protective levee and river road to transect the front yard of the house. Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2012 Prosecutor Steve Crump: Was David Leath in any way capable of any sort of voluntary movement after that bullet transected his brain? Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2017 The forest comprises more than 2 million acres, and at least a half-dozen miniature mountain ranges transect the plot, which is home to several unique species. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2017 Over the years the course of the river moved closer and closer, taking the trees, and eventually requiring the protective levee and river road to transect the front yard of the house. Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 11 July 2017 A 100-foot right of way for a Milwaukee Road branch line transected it. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 10 June 2017 Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2021 The protocol has observers on each side of the plane recording waterfowl data, with the observer on the north side also recording the number and type of wetland basins within a transect. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2021 As the unit’s beeps and boops mixed with bird song, the pair walked a transect through the marsh, battling sharp, stiff grasses. Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 17 June 2021 Rose tested mosquitoes from across the Senegal transect and other countries, imprisoning them in plexiglass cages and presenting them with two olfactory options. Joshua Sokol, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2020 Nobody’s actually done a transect of one of these walls. Susan Casey, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019 There’s a 70-mile stretch of water north of Santa Rosalía that’s never had a proper biological transect. Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019 Unbeknownst to most state residents, a pilot flew a Cessna on east-west transects over Wisconsin earlier this year. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018 The volunteers who walked the transects were not firefighters, and were not carrying packs (in an emergency, firefighters are taught to drop their packs). Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 13 Oct. 2017 See More
Verb
The Missouri River, swollen by the presence of the Garrison Dam, transects the reservation from the northwest corner to the southeast. David Treuer, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020 Of significant interest to Alaskans should be the situation on the Canadian side of the border, which brings home the challenges of managing fisheries along a 2,000-mile river that transects two nations. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2018 Over the years the course of the river moved closer and closer, taking the trees, and eventually requiring the protective levee and river road to transect the front yard of the house. Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2012 Prosecutor Steve Crump: Was David Leath in any way capable of any sort of voluntary movement after that bullet transected his brain? Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2017 The forest comprises more than 2 million acres, and at least a half-dozen miniature mountain ranges transect the plot, which is home to several unique species. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2017 Over the years the course of the river moved closer and closer, taking the trees, and eventually requiring the protective levee and river road to transect the front yard of the house. Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 11 July 2017 A 100-foot right of way for a Milwaukee Road branch line transected it. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 10 June 2017 Noun
The transect where Hall snorkeled had extended to 1,100 meters. Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2021 The protocol has observers on each side of the plane recording waterfowl data, with the observer on the north side also recording the number and type of wetland basins within a transect. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2021 As the unit’s beeps and boops mixed with bird song, the pair walked a transect through the marsh, battling sharp, stiff grasses. Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 17 June 2021 Rose tested mosquitoes from across the Senegal transect and other countries, imprisoning them in plexiglass cages and presenting them with two olfactory options. Joshua Sokol, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2020 Nobody’s actually done a transect of one of these walls. Susan Casey, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019 There’s a 70-mile stretch of water north of Santa Rosalía that’s never had a proper biological transect. Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019 Unbeknownst to most state residents, a pilot flew a Cessna on east-west transects over Wisconsin earlier this year. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018 The volunteers who walked the transects were not firefighters, and were not carrying packs (in an emergency, firefighters are taught to drop their packs). Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 13 Oct. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
trans- + intersect
First Known Use
Verb
1634, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1905, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
transect
transitive verb
tran·sect tran-ˈsekt
: to cut transversely
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