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transverse section

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Lustra-cellulose viscose process, single fibres in transverse section � 235.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

The septum ventriculorum is concave towards the left ventricle, so that a transverse section of that cavity is nearly circular.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

The first three varieties of vapor were thus found upon the same transverse section of the lava, less than 150 feet distant from each other.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

Exercise 20: Solid Butt Coupling.—From the above table of dimensions make a longitudinal and a transverse section of a solid butt coupling for a shaft 2½ inches in diameter.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

The Pier is frequently so disposed that its transverse section is greater than its longitudinal section, or, in other words, it is thicker from North to South than it is from East to West.

From The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated by Sharpe, Edmund

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