transversal
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Origin of transversal
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin trānsversālis. See transverse, -al 1
Vocabulary lists containing transversal
Geometry - Middle School
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Geometry - High School
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“It’s too early to call Putin, but they still have his number on speed-dial,” says Ellen Wald, president of energy market watcher Transversal Consulting.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
“It’s too early to call Putin, but they still have his number on speed-dial,” says Ellen Wald, president of energy market watcher Transversal Consulting.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Transversal logical gates are the simplest example of fault-tolerant logical gates, meaning logical gates that do not convert correctable errors into uncorrectable ones.
From Nature • Sep. 12, 2017
Transversal maneuvers to gain the extremity of the front of operations of the enemy here become always very difficult, and often impossible.
From The Art of War by Mendell, George Henry
Transversal or perpendicular to the same; and, 3.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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