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transversal

English

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Etymology

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

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transversal (comparative more transversal, superlative most transversal)

  1. Running or lying across; transverse.
    a transversal line
  2. Exhibiting or pertaining to transversality; connecting heterogeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc).
    • 2017, Barbara Molony, Jennifer Nelson, Women’s Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism: Transnational Histories, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 189:
      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 […] "
    • 2018, Catherine Eschle, Global Democracy, Social Movements, And Feminism, Routledge, →ISBN:
      First, transversal feminist activism rests on an understanding of structures and relations of power as pervasive,  […]

Noun

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transversal (plural transversals)

  1. A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
    1. (geometry) A line intersecting a pair of parallel lines.
      • 2012, G. E. Martin, The Foundations of Geometry and the Non-Euclidean Plane, page 357:
        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.
  2. (mathematics) A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus (whence transverse and travers).

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transversal (feminine transversale, masculine plural transversaux, feminine plural transversales)

  1. transversal
    barre transversale ― crossbar
  2. cross-sectional
    Coordinate term: longitudinal

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

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transversal m or f (plural transversais)

  1. transverse

Noun

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transversal f (plural transversais)

  1. (geometry) a transversal

German

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

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transversal (strong nominative masculine singular transversaler, not comparable)

  1. transversal

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Positive forms of transversal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist transversal sie ist transversal es ist transversal sie sind transversal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative transversaler transversale transversales transversale
genitive transversalen transversaler transversalen transversaler
dative transversalem transversaler transversalem transversalen
accusative transversalen transversale transversales transversale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der transversale die transversale das transversale die transversalen
genitive des transversalen der transversalen des transversalen der transversalen
dative dem transversalen der transversalen dem transversalen den transversalen
accusative den transversalen die transversale das transversale die transversalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein transversaler eine transversale ein transversales (keine) transversalen
genitive eines transversalen einer transversalen eines transversalen (keiner) transversalen
dative einem transversalen einer transversalen einem transversalen (keinen) transversalen
accusative einen transversalen eine transversale ein transversales (keine) transversalen

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin trānsversālis.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃z.veʁˈsaw/ [tɾɐ̃z.vehˈsaʊ̯]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃z.veɾˈsaw/ [tɾɐ̃z.veɾˈsaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.veʁˈsaw/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.veχˈsaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃z.veɻˈsaw/ [tɾɐ̃z.veɻˈsaʊ̯]
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazi) -aw
  • Hyphenation: trans‧ver‧sal

Adjective

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transversal m or f (plural transversais)

  1. transversal (running or lying across)
    Synonyms: cruzado, atravessado

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transversal f (plural transversais)

  1. a transversal line

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transversal m (plural transversais)

  1. (anatomy) transverse muscle

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French transversal.

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transversal m or n (feminine singular transversală, masculine plural transversali, feminine and neuter plural transversale)

  1. transverse

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Declension of transversal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite transversal transversală transversali transversale
definite transversalul transversala transversalii transversalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite transversal transversale transversali transversale
definite transversalului transversalei transversalilor transversalelor

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɾansbeɾˈsal/ [t̪ɾãnz.β̞eɾˈsal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: trans‧ver‧sal

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transversal m or f (masculine and feminine plural transversales)

  1. transversal
    Synonyms: atravesado, de través
    acuerdos transversales ― cross-cutting agreements

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transversal f (plural transversales)

  1. transversal

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