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transversal

/tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/US/tɹænsˈvɝsəl/

transversal adjective: running or lying across; transverse.

Adjective

transversal (comparative more transversal, superlative most transversal)

  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

Noun

transversal (plural transversals)

  1. A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
    1. 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
  2. A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.

transversal meaning in Tamil

transversal in Tamil

குறுக்குக் கோடு, குறுக்குக்கோடு, குறுக்குவெட்டி, குறுக்குவெட்டு

Forms of transversal

Adjective
comparativemore transversal
superlativemost transversal
Noun
pluraltransversals

Origin of transversal

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

Words formed from transversal

Questions about transversal

What does transversal mean?
Transversal means running or lying across; transverse.
What is transversal in Tamil?
Transversal in Tamil is குறுக்குக் கோடு, குறுக்குக்கோடு, குறுக்குவெட்டி. See Transversal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is transversal?
Transversal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce transversal?
Transversal is pronounced /tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/ (UK).

Words near transversal in the dictionary

  1. transverberate
  2. transverberated
  3. transverberates
  4. transverberating
  5. transverberation
  6. transversal
  7. transversalis fascia
  8. transversalities
  9. transversality
  10. transversality condition
  11. transversality conditions

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