transversality
Noun
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.
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The quality of connecting or representing a range of heterogeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc).
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transversalities