transect

IPA: trˈænsɛkt

A path along which a researcher moves to count and record observations or collect data.

Examples of "transect" in Sentences

Does he take one very long walk and do a transect survey?
A transect is a path used by researchers to survey a geographic area.
PRA techniques, such as transect walks and mapping are used to bring villagers 'attention to routes of disease spread from faeces
(The transect is a tool New Urbanists use to analyze land use by dividing types of use from the rural to the urban into six zones.)
2 The word is "transect", " To dissect transversely", or the noun deriving from that word; not "transept", used TWICE fer chrissake: "the transverse part of a cruciform church" both OED.
In 2004 we began five years of grueling systematic line transect surveys, covering 14,000 kilometres 8,700 miles of ocean track line, logging over 2,000 sightings of marine mammals and close to 15,000 sightings of marine birds.
An abrupt turn, though, could cause water in the compartments, which often transect the hull, to shift to one side, potentially causing a vessel of that size to roll, the naval engineer said, emphasizing it was too early to determine what caused the Concordia to list.
Video: Reuters / Photo: AP An abrupt turn, though, could cause water in the compartments, which often transect the hull, to shift to one side, potentially causing a vessel of that size to roll, the naval engineer said, emphasizing it was too early to determine what caused the Concordia to list.