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transversal

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

trans=ver=sal

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective transversal has 1 sense

transversal(s = adj.all) cross, thwartwise, transverse - extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

transversal, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse.].

Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. [1913 Webster]

transversal, n. [Cf. F. transversale.].

A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

transversal, adj. & n.
--adj. (of a line) cutting a system of lines.
--n. a transversal line.

Derivative

transversality n. transversally adv.

Etymology

ME f. med.L transversalis (as TRANSVERSE)

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