trans·ver·sal

[trans-vur-suhl, tranz-]
adjective
noun
2.
Geometry. a line intersecting two or more lines.

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

trans·ver·sal·ly, adverb
in·ter·trans·ver·sal, adjective
sub·trans·ver·sal, adjective
sub·trans·ver·sal·ly, adverb
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transversal (trænzˈvɜːsəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  geometry a line intersecting two or more other lines
 
adj
2.  a less common word for transverse
 
trans'versally
 
adv

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Transversal is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
In particle matter the energy spreads in two dual ways via transversal and longitudinal waves.
In the figure shown, parallel lines j and k are cut by transversal m.
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