Transversal(a.) Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.
Transversal(n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced.
Transverse(a.) Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.
Transverse(n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart.
Transverse(n.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
Transverse(v. t.) To overturn; to change.
Transverse(v. t.) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
Transversed(imp. & p. p.) of Transverse
Transversely(adv.) In a transverse manner.
Transversing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transverse
Transversion(n.) The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
Words within transversals