Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transversal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transversal \Trans*ver"sal\, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See
{Transverse}.]
Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.
-- {Trans*ver"sal*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transversal \Trans*ver"sal\, n. [Cf. F. transversale.] (Geom.)
A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of
other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a
triangle or the sides produced.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
transversal
adj : extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at
right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be
all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway
ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations";
"transverse colon" [syn: {cross(a)}, {crossing(a)}, {transverse},
{thwartwise}]
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