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transversal

transversal

7.7
A line that cuts across two or more other lines
  • adjective
  • /trænˈsɜrvəl/
translation icon : transversal
  • PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Figure 1: (a) Transversal Plane. Mid-esophageal five-chamber view.

Examples

  • The polyamide material also has a high transversal stiffness for better load spreading.

    Academic text (1998)

  • They alternate on the side of the transversal, and they're both interior.

  • Will that contact be clean transversal or will it be messy?

  • And when we have angles that are on the interior and are on the same side of the transversal, we call those angles same side interior.

  • Assuring the line and stability of the strakes were transversal frames at regular intervals.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The MP joints describe, as in the natural hand, a domed curve in both the transversal and longitudinal planes of the palm.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The S-curves of nature are historical records of tree-shaped spreading on areas and volumes that are eventually filled during consolidation by transversal diffusion.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Two-thirds of the way down, a transversal crack ratcheted across the stone, and where the crack was at its widest, a low, flat-topped boulder had come to rest.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The engineers designed a transversal support beam that provided stability to the building.

  • The transversal stripes on the flag symbolize unity and strength across different regions.

Synonyms

transverse
vstransversal
8 6.8

Lying across something, usually at right angles to its main direction

is used more broadly beyond specific technical contexts
cross
vstransversal
2.8

Lying across something at right angles to its main part

is the neutral common word used in general contexts
thwartwise
vstransversal
  • Archaic
9.9

Across something from one side to the other at a right angle

is the standard modern expression for the same orientation
transversus
vstransversal
  • Specialized
9.6

Running across the body or a body part, usually horizontally

is the general spatial term used outside of anatomy

Antonyms

parallel
  • Specialized
5 3.7

A line or flat surface the same distance from another that never meets it

How Crosswise

crosswise
4.0
transversal
7.7
oblique
5 7.5
to parallel
7 4.8

Surface Forms

transversal positive
transversaler comparative
transversalest superlative

Morphology

transversal = transverse (transparent) = trans + vers + al

The suffix '-al' forms an adjective from 'transverse', maintaining the meaning of being across or situated crosswise.

Etymology

The word transversal comes from Latin parts trans- 'across' and versus 'turned', so it originally meant 'turned across'. Think of a line or beam that 'turns across' other lines, which is why a transversal is something that crosses or cuts across them.