transversal

[ trans-vur-suhl, tranz- ]
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adjective
noun
  1. Geometry. a line intersecting two or more lines.

Origin of transversal

1
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) <Medieval Latin trānsversālis.See transverse, -al1

Other words from transversal

  • trans·ver·sal·ly, adverb
  • in·ter·trans·ver·sal, adjective
  • sub·trans·ver·sal, adjective
  • sub·trans·ver·sal·ly, adverb

Words Nearby transversal

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How to use transversal in a sentence

  • His forehead is covered with transversal folds; he has no muzzle, properly speaking, but a kind of snout like that of a hog.

    The Desert World | Arthur Mangin
  • In the second or transversal wave, the vibration of the particle at P takes place in a plane at right angles to FP.

  • There were, however, no transversal or direct communications from one apperception center to the next.

    The Brain | Alexander Blade
  • We looked beyond a sawmill into a gorge of pines that ended in a transversal white mountain wall.

    Riviera Towns | Herbert Adams Gibbons
  • It is the velocity on the one hand, and on the other hand the ratio of the charge to the total transversal mass.

British Dictionary definitions for transversal

transversal

/ (trænzˈvɜːsəl) /


noun
  1. geometry a line intersecting two or more other lines

adjective
  1. a less common word for transverse

Derived forms of transversal

  • transversally, adverb

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