transversal

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/
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/tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/ · /tɹænz-/ · /tɹænsˈvɝsəl/

Definition of transversal

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Running or lying across; transverse.
    “a transversal line”
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adj

  1. Running or lying across; transverse.
    “a transversal line”
  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 […]"”
    “First, transversal feminist activism rests on an understanding of structures and relations of power as pervasive, […]”

noun

  1. A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
  2. 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.”
  3. 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.

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9-letter words

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8-letter words

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7-letter words

45 words

6-letter words

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5-letter words

28 words

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