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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

transversal

. See

Running or lying across; transverse;

as, a

transversal

line

–

Trans-ver′sal-ly

adv.

Noun.

[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.

Adj.

[L. trans and versus.] Running or lying across; as a transversal line.