'Transversal' definitions:

Definition of 'transversal'

(from WordNet)
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" [syn: cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise]

Definition of 'Transversal'

From: GCIDE
  • Transversal \Trans*ver"sal\, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse.] Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. -- {Trans*ver"sal*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Transversal'

From: GCIDE
  • Transversal \Trans*ver"sal\, n. [Cf. F. transversale.] (Geom.) 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. [1913 Webster]