transect

• IPA^(key): /tɹænˈsɛkt/, /tɹɑːnˈsɛkt/

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  Rhymes: -ɛkt

transect (third-person singular simple present transects, present participle transecting, simple past and past participle transected)

1. (transitive) To divide something by cutting transversely.

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transect (plural transects)

1. A path along which a researcher moves to count and record observations or collect data.
   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:

     The AOT methodology employs the concept of a ‘transect’, the essential idea of which is to collect data taken along a line or series of lines that cross a certain space. Collecting data via transects is a commonplace in biology, being regularly used for such purposes as monitoring butterfly numbers or estimating the size of bird populations. But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds, determining levels of anti-rabies vaccinations in village dogs, and examining ecological factors under the canopy of trees growing in agricultural areas.

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