transversal

American  

[trans-vur-suhl, tranz-] / trænsˈvɜr səl, trænz- /

adjective

1. transverse.

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noun

1. Geometry. a line intersecting two or more lines.

transversal British  

/ trænzˈvɜːsəl /

noun

1. geometry a line intersecting two or more other lines

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adjective

1. a less common word for transverse

Other Word Forms

• intertransversal adjective
• subtransversal adjective
• subtransversally adverb
• transversally adverb

Etymology

Origin of transversal

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin trānsversālis. See transverse, -al ¹

Example Sentences

"It's undeniable that we need new transversal responses against organized crime," he said.

From Reuters

But a fundamental theorem states that no quantum error correction code can perform universal computation using only transversal gates.

From Scientific American

Earlier this month, the EU's research commissioner, Mariya Gabriel, seemed to confirm these suspicions when she said "transversal issues need to be tackled first".

From BBC

Sister Teresa, though staunchly leftist, doesn’t distance herself from right-wing followers, calling her distrust of some vaccines a “transversal question able to reach a wide spectrum of people.”

From New York Times

The transversal arch is absent in modern-day gorillas and chimpanzees, which have flat and flexible feet.

From Science Magazine

Related Words

• across
• cross