(anatomy) Either of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the jugular foramen on either side to become the internal jugular vein.

vibration in the rotor of a helicopter due to differential drag

plural of transverse flow effect

(anatomy) An inconstant branch of the thyrocervical trunk or of the subclavian artery that when present supplies or divides into branches supplying the region at the base of the neck and the muscles of the scapula.

(anatomy) A large branch of the superficial temporal artery that arises in the parotid gland and supplies or gives off branches supplying the parotid gland, masseter muscle, and adjacent parts.

(economics) A terminal condition on a costate variable in a, usually infinite, time optimization problem.

plural of transversality condition

plural of transversectomy

(surgery) The surgical excision of a transverse process of a vertebra. / (surgery) A colectomy involving the removal of only the transverse colon.