transversal

Definition

Running or lying across; transverse.

Etymology

From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

Example Sentences

• "a transversal line"
• "This kind of politics acknowledges what Yuval-Davis characterizes as transversal feminism which, much like the second wave feminist standpoint theory, “aims to be an alternative to the universalism/relativism dichotomy […]""
• "First, transversal feminist activism rests on an understanding of structures and relations of power as pervasive, […]"