Word: nontransverse
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: non
trans
verse
Definition: Not transverse.
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: transverse
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: trānsversus
Language: la
Decoded: transversus
Meaning: turned across; going or lying across or crosswise