Traverse
(重定向自Traversing)
A traverse is a lateral move or route when climbing or descending (including skiing); meaning any movement operation going mainly sideways rather than up or down. The general sense of 'a Traverse' is to cross, or cut across; and in general mountaineering, a road or path traveled across the gradient traverses the steeper gradient of the face. In civil engineering, road bed cuttings (or 'traverses') dug by construction operations creating an navigable incline into a hillside traverse the slope, also cut across the gradient as does the skiier, climber, or builder. In the engineered grade, the traverse can be level (a shelf suitable for building a new house is common) or on an negotiable incline (Railroad cut gradually climbing up a mount).