Transversal Line -- from Wolfram MathWorld
- ️Weisstein, Eric W.
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A transversal line is a line which intersects each of a given set of other lines. It is also called a semisecant.
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Transversal Line." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TransversalLine.html