transversals
Lines intersecting others
Transversals is the plural of transversal, a line that crosses two or more other lines.
The term belongs primarily to geometry, where a transversal intersecting parallel lines creates predictable angle relationships: The transversal forms corresponding angles with the parallel lines.
Outside mathematics, transversal occasionally describes anything that cuts across multiple things or categories.
Equidistant throughout their length
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- intersectingMeeting at a point
- anglesRotation between intersecting lines
- coplanarExisting in one plane
theorem · proof · non-Euclidean · postulate · axiom · construction · diagram · plane
Point where paths intersect
- cutting acrossPassing through transversely
- spanningExtending across something
- traversingMoving across an area
- bisectingDividing into two equal parts
intersecting lines · grid · lattice · network · crisscross · web · mesh · framework
Equal angles at parallel crossings
- supplementaryServing to complete
- congruentIdentical in form
- vertical anglesCongruent angles from intersecting lines
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
obtuse · right angle · degrees · measurement · protractor
Contrapuntal musical form
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- BachGerman composer surname
- melodic lineSequence of pitches forming tune
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
imitation · subject · answer · episode · canon · contrapuntal · baroque · keyboard
parallel lines
Equidistant throughout their length
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- intersectingMeeting at a point
- anglesRotation between intersecting lines
coplanar · theorem · proof · non-Euclidean · postulate · axiom · construction · diagram · plane · figure
crossing
Point where paths intersect
- cutting acrossPassing through transversely
- spanningExtending across something
- traversingMoving across an area
bisecting · intersecting lines · grid · lattice · network · crisscross · web · mesh · framework · matrix
corresponding angles
Equal angles at parallel crossings
- supplementaryServing to complete
- congruentIdentical in form
- vertical anglesCongruent angles from intersecting lines
acute · obtuse · right angle · degrees · measurement · protractor
fugue
Contrapuntal musical form
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- BachGerman composer surname
- melodic lineSequence of pitches forming tune
polyphony · imitation · subject · answer · episode · canon · contrapuntal · baroque · keyboard · organ
- perspectivelinear perspective, one-point perspective, three-point perspective, vanishing point, horizon line
- foliationsleaves, plaque, laminations, saturation, integrability