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Transversal vs Traversing - What's the difference?

transversal | traversing |

As nouns the difference between transversal and traversing

is that transversal is a line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely while traversing is a traversal.

As an adjective transversal

is running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.

As a verb traversing is

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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.
  • traversing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A traversal.
  • * 2013 , John Likides, Foundations of Meaning (page 300)
  • Some traversings last a few seconds or minutes, for instance, when the imagination passes swiftly across familiar eras and realms in its effort to generate the momentum necessary to perceive timeless realities.