transversal

[ trans-vur-suh l, tranz- ]

/ trænsˈvɜr səl, trænz- /

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adjective

noun

Geometry. a line intersecting two or more lines.

Nearby words

transvaaler, transvaalian, transvaginal, transvalue, transvector, transversal, transverse, transverse amputation, transverse arch, transverse axis, transverse cervical artery

Origin of transversal

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin trānsversālis. See transverse, -al¹

Related forms

trans·ver·sal·ly, adverbin·ter·trans·ver·sal, adjectivesub·trans·ver·sal, adjectivesub·trans·ver·sal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for transversal

In the second or transversal wave, the vibration of the particle at P takes place in a plane at right angles to FP.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes|Charles Davison
It is described 34 as a long pike intersected by a transversal beam.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
The transversal arch is twenty-five feet wide and fifty-seven feet high.
The Youthful Wanderer|George H. Heffner
If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, the exterior-interior angles are equal.
The Teaching of Geometry|David Eugene Smith

If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, the alternate-interior angles are equal.
The Teaching of Geometry|David Eugene Smith

British Dictionary definitions for transversal

transversal

/ (trænzˈvɜːsəl) /

noun

geometry a line intersecting two or more other lines

adjective

a less common word for transverse

Derived Forms

transversally, adverb

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