To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.

Movement a ledge above the normal passage floor or along a vertical drop.

Normal machine movement without cutting, for example to move the cutting head into position to cut.

To move along a cave passage without touching the floor (or floating or flying etc.)

survey done by walking along the ground with a compass and meter tape. The four types used in community mapping are linear, boundary (closed), grid, and radial.

To move through records in a database, elements in an array, or data contained within an object.