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View synonyms for transect
transect
[ tran-sekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut across; dissect transversely.
transect
verb
- tr to cut or divide crossways
noun
- a sample strip of land used to monitor plant distribution, animal populations, etc, within a given area
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Derived Forms
- tranˈsection, noun
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Other Words From
- tran·section noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transect1
C17: from Latin trans- + secāre to cut
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Example Sentences
The two birds from 12 miles north of Kalabakan were taken in a net stretched across a surveyor's transect.
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Specimens from a transect of southeastern Sonora show intergradation between Perognathus goldmani and P. artus.
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Each transect consists of 15 plots at intervals of 200 feet.
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