Dictionary

traversal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English traverse Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English traversal From traverse + -al.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of traversing; a crossing.
   • The Stephenson Locomotive Society (North Western Area) and the Manchester Locomotive Society are co-operating in running a special corridor train, to be worked by an 0-6-0 locomotive of the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, on Saturday, May 12, over a route which includes visits to four historic stations, ascent of the 1 in 27 Werneth Incline, and traversal of lines normally closed to passenger traffic. 1956 April, “Notes and News: Rail Tour of "Old Manchester"”, in Railway Magazine, page 273:
   • His traversal of the mountains allowed him a view from the peak.
2. (countable, uncountable) The product or result of traversing.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of following a path or route.

Forms

Deriveds

directory traversal · path traversal · retraversal

Translations (3)

fr traversée (Crossing) · tr geçiş (Crossing) · de Traversal (Crossing)