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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANSVERS'AL, a. [L. trans and versus.] Running or lying across; as a transversal line.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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, transverse, transversal, thwartwise]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: transversal, adjective, transverse, from Middle English, from Medieval Latin transversalis, from Latin transversus Date: circa 1847 a line that intersects a system of lines

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. (of a line) cutting a system of lines. --n. a transversal line. Derivatives: transversality n. transversally adv. Etymology: ME f. med.L transversalis (as TRANSVERSE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Transversal Trans*ver"sal, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse.] Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. -- Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.