transversal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
    thwartwise; cross; transverse.
    • cross members should be all steel
    • from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully
    • transversal vibrations
    • transverse colon

WordNet

Trans*ver"sal adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse.
Definitions
  1. Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. -- Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.
Trans*ver"sal noun
Etymology
Cf. F. transversale.
Definitions
  1. (Geom.) 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.

Webster 1913