transversos

Transversos is the plural form of transverso in Spanish, derived from the Latin transversus, meaning “turned across” or “lying across.” The term is used in several disciplines to describe objects, structures, or directions that cross a reference plane or line. The exact meaning depends on the field and context.

In geometry and related fields, transversal refers to a line that intersects two or more lines at distinct points. In Spanish, the common term for this concept is linea transversal; the plural líneas transversales is standard when referring to several transversal lines, while transversos can appear as a noun or adjective in some texts to denote transverse elements more generally.

In anatomy, transverso or transversos describes muscles oriented across a region, such as the músculo transversus abdominis. The term also appears in anatomy to name transverse processes, the small projections on vertebrae known as procesos transversos in Spanish.

In other domains, transversos can describe crosswise components or elements, such as crosspieces or braces arranged across a surface or frame. The expression may also appear in regional or historical usages related to instruments or architectural terms; for example, flute terminology includes the phrase flauta transversal, with its plural flautas transversales in standard Spanish.

Because transverso is an adjective, its plural form transversos is used when referring to multiple transverse structures or objects, while in other contexts related terms (such as líneas transversales or flautas transversales) are more common. The exact sense of transversos is thus best determined from the surrounding disciplinary vocabulary.