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transversal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /tɹænsˈvɝsəl/ (General-American)
• /tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /tɹænz-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɹænz-/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

Meanings

1. Running or lying across; transverse.
   • a transversal line
2. Exhibiting or pertaining to transversality; connecting heterogeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc).
   • This kind of politics acknowledges what Yuval-Davis characterizes as transversal feminism which, much like the second wave feminist standpoint theory, “aims to be an alternative to the universalism/relativism dichotomy […]" 2017, Barbara Molony, Jennifer Nelson, Women’s Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism: Transnational Histories, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 189:
   • First, transversal feminist activism rests on an understanding of structures and relations of power as pervasive, […] 2018, Catherine Eschle, Global Democracy, Social Movements, And Feminism, Routledge, →ISBN:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most transversal	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more transversal	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Deriveds

midtransversal · costotransversal · transversally · nontransversal

Translations (1)

pl poprzeczny (transverse)

transversal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɹænsˈvɝsəl/ (General-American)
• /tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /tɹænz-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɹænz-/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

Meanings

1. A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
2. A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely. ▸ A line intersecting a pair of parallel lines.
   • Let l and m be two hyperparallel lines. All the transversals to l and m that form congruent corresponding angles with l and m lie in a pencil. 2012, G. E. Martin, The Foundations of Geometry and the Non-Euclidean Plane, page 357:
3. A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
transversals	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Relateds

transverse

Translations (11)

pt transversal (a line which traverses or intersects) · gl transversal (a line which traverses or intersects) · lv šķērsenisks (a line which traverses or intersects) · pl prosta poprzeczna (a line which traverses or intersects) · fi transversaalinen (a line which traverses or intersects) · sv transversal (a line which traverses or intersects) · ka ტრანსვერსალი (a line which traverses or intersects) · fr transversal (a line which traverses or intersects) · mi rārangi whakawhiti (a line which traverses or intersects) · lv šķērss (a line which traverses or intersects) · bg пресечна линия (a line which traverses or intersects)