7 definitions found for transversal

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

transversal 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(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise]

transversal 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

transversal
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)

transversal trænzˈvə:səl adj. & n. --adj. (of a line) cutting a system of lines. --n. a transversal line. øøtransversality n. transversally adv. [ME f. med.L transversalis (as TRANSVERSE)]

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

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.