Definitions for: Transversal


[adj] extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"



Webster (1913) Definition: Trans*ver"sal, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See
Transverse.]
Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.
-- Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.


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.

Synonyms: cross(a), crossing(a), crosswise, thwartwise, transverse

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