transversal

[ trans-vur-suh l, tranz- ]

/ trænsˈvɜr səl, trænz- /

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adjective

noun

Geometry. a line intersecting two or more lines.

Words nearby transversal

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

OTHER WORDS FROM transversal

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 of transversal

transversally, adverb

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transversal

adjective

noun

Words related to transversal

Words nearby transversal

Origin of transversal

OTHER WORDS FROM transversal

Examples from the Web for transversal

British Dictionary definitions for transversal

noun

adjective

Derived forms of transversal