(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.

plural of transversal

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.

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

(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

In a transverse manner.

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

Anything that is transverse or athwart. / (geometry) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

To lie or run across; to cross. / To traverse or thwart. / To overturn. / To alter or transform. / (obsolete) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.