(mathematics) A property of two intersecting submanifolds, where at every intersection point, their separate tangent spaces at that point together generate the tangent space of the ambient manifold at that point.

The condition of being transverse; transverseness

plural of transversality

plural of transversal

Running or lying across; transverse. / Exhibiting or pertaining to transversality; connecting hetergeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc).

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.

(genetics) A point mutation in which a purine is replaced with a pyrimidine, or vice versa / (literature) The changing from prose into verse, or verse into prose.

plural of transversion

present participle of transverse

(physics) Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of travel