Can Transect Be a Verb?

You could say that your favorite hiking trails transect a wooded hillside, since transect means "cut across." Use the verb transect when one thing divides or runs across another.

What does transect mean?

A transect is a path along which one counts and records occurrences of the objects of study (e.g. plants).

How do you use transect in a sentence?

Transect in a Sentence ?
  1. My daughter will only eat her sandwich if I transect it and slice off the edges.
  2. If we transect across the square, we will reach the school much faster than we would by walking the full-length of the commons.
  3. Use the ax to transect the log into several pieces of wood.
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