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transversal

[trans-vur-suh l, tranz-]
adjective
  1. transverse.
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noun
  1. Geometry. a line intersecting two or more lines.
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Origin of transversal

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin trānsversālis. See transverse, -al1
Related formstrans·ver·sal·ly, adverbin·ter·trans·ver·sal, adjectivesub·trans·ver·sal, adjectivesub·trans·ver·sal·ly, adverb
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Historical Examples

  • The body of the portal is divided into two panels; a vast tympanum surmounts them transversally.

    Rodin: The Man and his Art

    Judith Cladel

British Dictionary definitions for transversally

transversal

noun
  1. geometry a line intersecting two or more other lines
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adjective
  1. a less common word for transverse
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Derived Formstransversally, adverb
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Word Origin and History for transversally

transversal

adj.

mid-15c., from Medieval Latin transversalis (mid-13c.), from transvers-, stem of transvertere (see transverse).As a noun, from 1590s.

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