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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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