transversal

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: trans=ver=sal

CIDE DICTIONARY

transversal, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse.].

 Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.  [1913 Webster]

transversal, n. [Cf. F. transversale.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

transversal, adj. & n.
--adj. (of a line) cutting a system of lines.
--n. a transversal line.

Derivative

transversality n. transversally adv.

Etymology

ME f. med.L transversalis (as TRANSVERSE)