traverse

  1. Noun.  (context, climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
  2. Noun.  (context, military) In fortification, a mass of earth or other material employed to protect troops against enfilade. It is constructed at right angles to the parapet.
  3. Noun.  (context, surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly; as, to traverse all nodes in a network.
  6. Verb.  (context, artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
  7. Verb.  (context, climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle.

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