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Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.

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  1. a. Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.
  2. 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.
  3. adj. extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
  4. Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. -- Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv. 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.
  5. Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.-- Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.
  6. s extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis