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transversal
Word definitions for transversal in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In mathematics , given a collection C of sets , a transversal (also called a cross-section ) is a set containing exactly one element from each member of the collection. When the sets of the collection are mutually disjoint, each element of the transversal ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. n. 1 A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely. 2 (context mathematics English) A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transversal \Trans*ver"sal\, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse .] Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. -- Trans*ver"sal*ly , adv.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"running or lying across," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin transversalis (13c.), from transvers- , stem of transvertere (see transverse ). Earlier in the same sense was transversary (c.1400). As a noun, from 1590s. Related: Transversally .
Usage examples of transversal.
They tell us that a regime of transversal linguistic relations of production has entered into the unified and abstract universe of value.
The new transversal mobility of disciplined labor power is significant because it indicates a real and powerful search for freedom and the formation of new, nomadic desires that cannot be contained and controlled within the disciplinary regime.
This is how the multitude gains the power to affirm its autonomy, traveling and expressing itself through an apparatus of widespread, transversal territorial reappropriation.