transect

• Verbo que significa cortar o dividir algo transversalmente, o atravesar una zona de un lado a otro, especialmente en contextos científicos o técnicos.

A verb used to indicate the act of cutting across or dividing something by cutting, especially in a scientific or technical context.

1. Cut across or divide transverselyC1formalscientific

   To cut across or divide something, especially a biological or geographical area, along a straight line for study or analysis.

   Atravesar o dividir transversalmente

   • The researchers transected the forest to study the distribution of plant species.
   • They transected the tissue sample for microscopic examination.
   • The survey team transected the desert to map the geological features.

   Sinónimosbisectcrosscut acrossdivideintersecttraverse