crosscut vs transversal

crosscut

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

verb
  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

transversal

noun
  • A line intersecting a pair of parallel lines. 

  • A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets. 

  • A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely. 

adj
  • Running or lying across; transverse. 

  • Exhibiting or pertaining to transversality; connecting hetergeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc). 

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