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Meaning:
Noun:
- military In fortification, a mass of earth or other material employed to protect troops against enfilade. It is constructed at right angles to the parapet.
- mountaineering A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- surveying A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
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Verb:
- artillery To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- mountaineering To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle.
- computing To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly; as, to traverse all nodes in a network.
- transitive To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
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