Associations to the word «Transversal»

Wiktionary

TRANSVERSAL, adjective. Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.
TRANSVERSAL, noun. A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
TRANSVERSAL, noun. (mathematics) A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.

Dictionary definition

TRANSVERSAL, adjective. Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats