transversality
English
Noun
transversality (countable and uncountable, plural transversalities)
- (mathematics) A property of two intersecting submanifolds, where at every intersection point, their separate tangent spaces at that point together generate the tangent space of the ambient manifold at that point.
Derived terms
- transversality condition
Related terms
- transverse
- transversal
- transversally
See also
- tangency