Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transversality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
transver-sal-i-ty
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A property of two intersecting submanifolds, where at every intersection point, their separate tangent spaces at that point together generate the tangent space of the ambient manifold at that point.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The quality of connecting or representing a range of heterogeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc).

Countable; Uncountable

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What does transversality mean?
A property of two intersecting submanifolds, where at every intersection point, their separate tangent spaces at that point together generate the tangent space of the ambient manifold at that point.

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