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traversable

  • a word derived from traverse.
    traverse
    verb (used with object)
    to pass or move over, along, or through.

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And, ingeniously, three ancient Roman pavement-mosaics, recessed, are now visible beneath traversable glass floors.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

The path into the New Year’s Six remains traversable, barely.

From Seattle Times Oct. 31, 2023

In their report, published Wednesday in Nature, the researchers described the result in measured words: “This work is a successful attempt at observing traversable wormhole dynamics in an experimental setting.”

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2022

They're frequently located in recreational areas not easily traversable for mobility aids users, and interacting with multiple vendors requires constant cognitive processing and can increase viral exposure for the immunocompromised.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2022

It also looks like there is a traversable path for me to take through the rock formation toward the mesa.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga