transversal

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymscrosstransversethwartwise

   Similarcrosswise

Questions about transversal

What does transversal mean?

transversal means "extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis".

How many syllables are in transversal?

transversal has 3 syllables: trans-ver-sal. The stress falls on "trans".

What is another word for transversal?

Close synonyms include cross, transverse, thwartwise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transversal a common word?

transversal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.