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Transect

/trˈæˌnsɛkt/
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(verb) To divide something by cutting transversely.

The team surveyed the area along a single and long transect line.
To transect means to cut or divide something across its width.
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The biologist decided to ____ the area to count the number of different plant species living in the forest today.

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