transversal
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
transversal /tranzˈvəːs(ə)l, trɑːnz-, -ns-/ Geometry
▶adjective (of a line) cutting a system of lines. ▶noun a transversal line.
– derivatives
transversality noun,
transversally adverb.
transversality noun,
transversally adverb.
– origin ME, in sense ‘transverse’: from med. L. transversalis.
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