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traversal

traversal noun: the act of traversing; a crossing.

Noun

traversal (countable and uncountable, plural traversals)

  1. The act of traversing; a crossing.
    • His traversal of the mountains allowed him a view from the peak.
    • 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...1956 April, “Notes and News: Rail Tour of "Old Manchester"”, in Railway Magazine, page 273
  2. The product or result of traversing.
  3. The act of following a path or route.

Forms of traversal

pluraltraversals

Origin of traversal

From traverse + -al.

Words formed from traversal

Questions about traversal

What does traversal mean?
Traversal means the act of traversing; a crossing.
What part of speech is traversal?
Traversal is a noun.
What is the plural of traversal?
The plural of traversal is traversals.

Words near traversal in the dictionary

  1. travers
  2. Traversa
  3. traversability
  4. traversable
  5. traversables
  6. traversal
  7. traversals
  8. traversary
  9. Traversay Islands
  10. traverse
  11. traverse board

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