transversal

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/, /tɹænz-/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈvɝsəl/, /tɹænz-/

transversal (comparative more transversal, superlative most transversal)

1. Running or lying across; transverse.

   a transversal line

2. Exhibiting or pertaining to transversality; connecting heterogeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc).
   • 2017, Barbara Molony, Jennifer Nelson, Women’s Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism: Transnational Histories, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 189:

     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 […] "

   • 2018, Catherine Eschle, Global Democracy, Social Movements, And Feminism, Routledge, →ISBN:

     First, transversal feminist activism rests on an understanding of structures and relations of power as pervasive,  […]

transversal (plural transversals)

1. A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
   1. (geometry) A line intersecting a pair of parallel lines.
      • 2012, G. E. Martin, The Foundations of Geometry and the Non-Euclidean Plane, page 357:

        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.

2. (mathematics) A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.

• transverse

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus (whence transverse and travers).

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.vɛʁ.sal/

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transversal (feminine transversale, masculine plural transversaux, feminine plural transversales)

1. transversal

   barre transversale ― crossbar

2. cross-sectional

   Coordinate term: longitudinal

• transversalement

• “transversal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

transversal m or f (plural transversais)

1. transverse

transversal f (plural transversais)

1. (geometry) a transversal

From Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

• IPA^(key): /tʁansvɛʁˈzaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

transversal (strong nominative masculine singular transversaler, not comparable)

1. transversal

Borrowed from Latin trānsversālis.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazi) -aw
• Hyphenation: trans‧ver‧sal

transversal m or f (plural transversais)

1. transversal (running or lying across)

   Synonyms: cruzado, atravessado

transversal f (plural transversais)

1. a transversal line

transversal m (plural transversais)

1. (anatomy) transverse muscle

Borrowed from French transversal.

transversal m or n (feminine singular transversală, masculine plural transversali, feminine and neuter plural transversale)

1. transverse

• trasversal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

• IPA^(key): /tɾansbeɾˈsal/ [t̪ɾãnz.β̞eɾˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: trans‧ver‧sal

transversal m or f (masculine and feminine plural transversales)

1. transversal

   Synonyms: atravesado, de través

   acuerdos transversales ― cross-cutting agreements

transversal f (plural transversales)

1. transversal

• “transversal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024