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transversal

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/ / /tɹænz-/ / /tɹænsˈvɝsəl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

  1. Running or lying across; transverse.

    a transversal line

  2. 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.

  1. A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
  2. 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.

  3. A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.