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Horizontal vs Transversal - What's the difference?

horizontal | transversal |

As adjectives the difference between horizontal and transversal

is that horizontal is perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat while transversal is running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.

As nouns the difference between horizontal and transversal

is that horizontal is a horizontal component of a structure while transversal is a line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.

horizontal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
  • (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets.
  • (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
  • * 1667': As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the '''Horizontal misty Air — John Milton, ''Paradise Lost , Book 1, ll. 594-5

    • Antonyms

    * vertical

    Derived terms

    * horizontally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horizontal component of a structure.
  • (geology) horizon

    • transversal

    English

    (wikipedia transversal)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
  • (mathematics) A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.

    • Related terms

    * transverse ----