Category:Definitions/Transversals (Geometry)

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This category contains definitions related to Transversal in the context of Geometry.
Related results can be found in Category:Transversals (Geometry).


A transversal of two straight lines lying in the same plane is a straight line which intersects them in two different points.

The transversal is said to cut the two lines that it crosses.

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In the above diagram, $EF$ is a transversal of the lines $AB$ and $CD$.