transversal
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 11
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Definition of transversal
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Running or lying across; transverse.
“a transversal line”
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adj
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Running or lying across; transverse.
“a transversal line”
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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 […]"”
“First, transversal feminist activism rests on an understanding of structures and relations of power as pervasive, […]”
noun
- A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
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A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
“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.”
- A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.
Words you can make from transversal
200+ playable · top: TRAVERSALS (13 pts)
Best play traversals 13 points9-letter words
2 words8-letter words
13 words7-letter words
45 words- LEVANTS 10 pts
- SALVERS 10 pts
- SAVANTS 10 pts
- SAVATES 10 pts
- SERVALS 10 pts
- SERVANT 10 pts
- SLAVERS 10 pts
- STARVER 10 pts
- STARVES 10 pts
- TAVERNA 10 pts
- TAVERNS 10 pts
- TRAVELS 10 pts
- VARLETS 10 pts
- VENTRAL 10 pts
- VERSALS 10 pts
- VERSANT 10 pts
- VESTALS 10 pts
- VESTRAL 10 pts
- ANLASES 7 pts
- ANTLERS 7 pts
- ARRASES 7 pts
- ARRESTS 7 pts
- ARSENAL 7 pts
- ARTLESS 7 pts
- ASTRALS 7 pts
- ATLASES 7 pts
- ERRANTS 7 pts
- ERRATAS 7 pts
- LASTERS 7 pts
- NARRATE 7 pts
- RANTERS 7 pts
- RASSLER 7 pts
- RASTERS 7 pts
- RENTALS 7 pts
- SALTERN 7 pts
- SALTERS 7 pts
- SANTERA 7 pts
- SARSNET 7 pts
- SEALANT 7 pts
- SLATERS 7 pts
- SNARERS 7 pts
- SNARLER 7 pts
- STARERS 7 pts
- STERNAL 7 pts
- TARSALS 7 pts
6-letter words
111 words- ALVARS 9 pts
- AVERTS 9 pts
- LARVAE 9 pts
- LARVAS 9 pts
- LAVERS 9 pts
- LEVANT 9 pts
- NAVARS 9 pts
- NAVELS 9 pts
- RAVELS 9 pts
- RAVENS 9 pts
- RAVERS 9 pts
- SALVER 9 pts
- SALVES 9 pts
- SAVANT 9 pts
- SAVATE 9 pts
- SAVERS 9 pts
- SELVAS 9 pts
- SERVAL 9 pts
- SLAVER 9 pts
- SLAVES 9 pts
- STARVE 9 pts
- STAVES 9 pts
- TAVERN 9 pts
- TRAVEL 9 pts
- TRAVES 9 pts
- VALETS 9 pts
- VALSES 9 pts
- VARLET 9 pts
- VARNAS 9 pts
- VASSAL 9 pts
- VASTER 9 pts
- VELARS 9 pts
- VERNAL 9 pts
- VERSAL 9 pts
- VERSTS 9 pts
- VESTAL 9 pts
- VESTAS 9 pts
- ALANTS 6 pts
- ALATES 6 pts
- ALERTS 6 pts
- ALTARS 6 pts
- ALTERS 6 pts
- ANEARS 6 pts
- ANSATE 6 pts
- ANTLER 6 pts
- ANTRAL 6 pts
- ANTRES 6 pts
- ARENAS 6 pts
- ARRANT 6 pts
- ARREST 6 pts
- ARTELS 6 pts
- ASLANT 6 pts
- ASSENT 6 pts
- ASSERT 6 pts
- ASTERN 6 pts
- ASTERS 6 pts
- ASTRAL 6 pts
- ERRANT 6 pts
- ERRATA 6 pts
- ESTRAL 6 pts
- LANATE 6 pts
- LASERS 6 pts
- LASTER 6 pts
- LATENS 6 pts
- LEARNS 6 pts
- LEARNT 6 pts
- LEASTS 6 pts
- NASALS 6 pts
- RANTER 6 pts
- RAREST 6 pts
- RASERS 6 pts
- RASSLE 6 pts
- RASTER 6 pts
- RATALS 6 pts
- RATANS 6 pts
- RATELS 6 pts
- RATERS 6 pts
- REATAS 6 pts
- RENTAL 6 pts
- RETRAL 6 pts
- SALATS 6 pts
- SALTER 6 pts
- SANEST 6 pts
- SANSAR 6 pts
- SARANS 6 pts
- SARSAR 6 pts
- SARSEN 6 pts
- SLANTS 6 pts
- SLATER 6 pts
- SLATES 6 pts
- SNARER 6 pts
- SNARES 6 pts
- SNARLS 6 pts
- STALER 6 pts
- STALES 6 pts
- STANES 6 pts
- STARER 6 pts
- STARES 6 pts
- STEALS 6 pts
- STELAR 6 pts
- STERNA 6 pts
- STERNS 6 pts
- TALARS 6 pts
- TALERS 6 pts
- TARNAL 6 pts
- TARRES 6 pts
- TARSAL 6 pts
- TASERS 6 pts
- TASSEL 6 pts
- TERRAS 6 pts
- TESLAS 6 pts
5-letter words
28 words- ALVAR 8 pts
- ARVAL 8 pts
- ALANE 5 pts
- ALANS 5 pts
- ALANT 5 pts
- ALATE 5 pts
- ALERT 5 pts
- ALTAR 5 pts
- ALTER 5 pts
- ANEAR 5 pts
- ANLAS 5 pts
- ANSAE 5 pts
- ANTAE 5 pts
- ANTAS 5 pts
- ANTES 5 pts
- ANTRA 5 pts
- ANTRE 5 pts
- AREAL 5 pts
- AREAS 5 pts
- ARENA 5 pts
- ARLES 5 pts
- ARRAS 5 pts
- ARSES 5 pts
- ARTAL 5 pts
- ARTEL 5 pts
- ASSET 5 pts
- ASTER 5 pts
- ATLAS 5 pts
Hooks
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