transversal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: transversal	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transversal \Transver"sal\, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See {Transverse}.] Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal* line. -- {Transver"sally}, 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.