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Transversal

//tɹænsˈvɜːsəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Running or lying across; transverse.

    "a transversal line"

  2. 2
    Exhibiting or pertaining to transversality; connecting heterogeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc).

    "This kind of politics acknowledges what Yuval-Davis characterizes as transversal feminism which, much like the second wave feminist standpoint theory, “aims to be an alternative to the universalism/relativism dichotomy […]""

Adjective
  1. 1
    extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
  2. 2
    A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.; A line intersecting a pair of parallel lines.

    "Let l and m be two hyperparallel lines. All the transversals to l and m that form congruent corresponding angles with l and m lie in a pencil."

  3. 3
    A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

Etymology 2

From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

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