How to Use traversal in a Sentence

traversal

noun
  • The game seems to have the right idea about how to do Sonic traversal in a big 3D space.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 14 June 2022
  • That wrong warp can save a lot of tedious traversal and avoid many threats at the same time.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The low rung garners four points, the medium six, the high bar 10, and the uppermost, known as the traversal, a solid 15.
    Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
  • For those worried that this may make the game too big, the one saving grace is that there are no vehicles, meaning all traversal will be on foot.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Does the world need another traversal of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas?
    Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The traversal of a complete day and night is a useful frame for literature and drama.
    Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • But getting to the traversal, the highest bar, is proving more difficult.
    Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
  • With smooth, intuitive combat and traversal, and graphics that showcase the power of the PS5, Forbidden West is a joy to play.
    Richard Newby, Time, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Heavy ions tend to break up into lighter ions in thick shielding, but can survive traversal of thin shielding (blues) intact.
    Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2013
  • And some of the levels include cockamamie traversal paths that require players to run back and forth through cleared, no-combat zones of levels.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The airship map, which is scheduled to come out in early 2021, has new tasks to complete as well as ladders and floating platforms for traversal.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 21 Jan. 2021
  • As such, the PS5's ray-tracing cores may not be designed to efficiently handle the traversal as described in this patent.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022
  • New demons and mechanics that add depth to both the combat and level traversal/exploration.
    Ty Galiz-Rowe, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Armada is simply three ships out in the ocean, with boats, ziplines and old-fashioned swimming as your main methods of traversal.
    Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2020
  • And the time spent between each highlight is often wasted on lengthy traversal through massive levels.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2019
  • In addition to the combat skills, each Legion has an ability that helps traversal or unlocks new paths in each level.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2019
  • But the Joro won‘t just resort to its traditional means of traversal to colonize new terrain.
    Ben Turner, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Instead, the game's real victory is in traversal—in enabling it and in patting players on the back for doing it correctly.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2018
  • One lingering question has always been his traversal skills, and how that will function in the Avengers looter sandbox maps, as there aren’t exactly a bunch of skyscrapers around in most of them.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The character models used in the game's cinematic cut scenes are pretty much identical to those in traversal and combat, as well.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Brig will also travel much further with Shield Bash — 10 meters — so that opens up some intriguing traversal options for her.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • There are two basic traversal mechanisms: squeeze through the opening, or first transform to the appropriate form factor and then traverse.
    Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2007
  • The combat and traversal in other survival games are implemented as means to an end — something to do before getting back to the more important work of mining and grinding.
    Luke Winkie, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2021
  • With all characters and plot divorced from the action, then, DL2 ultimately boils down to open-world fetch quests—really, a lot of them—with loot, crafting supplies, and the thrill of massive-city traversal as the main rewards.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The demo involves a ton of traversal puzzles and a mini dungeon, with Sable finally acquiring the ability to glide in a protective red ball.
    Jonathan Peltz, Wired, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Similarly, while there will no doubt be winding passageways and bridges to fall off of, as promised, the physical space here seems a lot more expansive, which allows for horseback traversal and combat.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The traversal of an octave and a fourth already exceeds Cistercian boundaries, but the adventures in angelic regions have just begun.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The project will be released on recordings, marking Muti’s third such traversal, after versions with the La Scala and Philadelphia orchestras.
    Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • In the same month-long launch window—which occurs every 26 months, when the planet aligns with Earth for easier traversal—it will likely be joined by China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter and lander, also a first mission to Mars for the rising space power.
    Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 7 July 2020
  • What makes Forspoken stand out amongst its other AAA open-world peers, however, is its excellent traversal mechanics.
    George Yang, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023

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