transverse
adjective /ˈtrænzvɜːs/
  /ˈtrænzvɜːrs/
[usually before noun] (specialist)- placed across something synonym diagonal- A transverse bar joins the two posts.
 Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin transversus ‘turned across’, past participle of transvertere, from trans- ‘across’ + vertere ‘to turn’.