transversal
adjective
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Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/ / /tɹænz-/ / /tɹænsˈvɝsəl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.
- Running or lying across; transverse.
“a transversal line”
- 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
Etymology: From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.
- A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
- 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.”
- A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.