transversal
/tɹænsˈvɝsəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Running or lying across; transverse.
adj
Exhibiting or pertaining to transversality; connecting heterogeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc).
noun
A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
noun
A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
noun
A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.
Example Sentences
- "a transversal line"
- "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, […]"
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: transversal, trānsversālis, trānsversus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹænsˈvɝsəl/
- British English: /tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/