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transversals

transversals is the plural of transversal.

Meaning of transversal

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.

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Questions about transversals

What is transversals the plural of?
Transversals is the plural of transversal.

Words near transversals in the dictionary

  1. transversalities
  2. transversality
  3. transversality condition
  4. transversality conditions
  5. transversally
  6. transversals
  7. transversaria
  8. transversaries
  9. transversarium
  10. transversary
  11. transverse

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