transversal

adjectivecommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

transversal

Etymology

from Latin transversalis.

Definitions

1. Which passes, which cuts across.: La torsion régularise le diamètre du fil et elle tend à disposer les aspérités des fibres dans le sens transversal; … .
Mon chemin était presque transversal, du nord au sud, et passait par le tertre le plus haut.

2. Designates certain parts that are located across, which are directed obliquely. anat: Muscle transversal du nez.
Artère transversale de la face.

3. Designates a subgraph for which there is no edge of its graph that is not connected to it. théorie des graphes

4. Which cuts across several disciplines.figurative

Antonym

longitudinal

Hyponym

absorbant

See also

transversale (adj.) transversal (cn.) transversaux (adj.) transversales (adj.)