1. cutting across or through something; dividing by cutting
Usage: present participle of transect

Examples

• The highway is transecting the forest, dividing it into two sections.
• Scientists are transecting the tissue samples for microscopic analysis.
• The new railway line will be transecting several neighborhoods.
• The surgeon is carefully transecting the damaged muscle fibers.
• Researchers spent weeks transecting the coral reef to study its structure.
• The pipeline is transecting multiple property lines.