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transversal |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Transversal \Trans*ver"sal\, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See {Transverse}.] Running or lying across transverse; as a transversal line -- {Trans*ver"sal*ly}, adv From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Transversal \Trans*ver"sal\, n. [Cf. F. transversale.] (Geom.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: transversal adj : extending or lying across in a crosswise direction; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations" [syn: {cross(a)}, {crossing(a)}, {transverse}, {thwartwise}]
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