TRAVERSAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does traversal mean? 

• TRAVERSAL (noun)
  The noun TRAVERSAL has 2 senses:

1. taking a zigzag path on skis

2. travel across

  Familiarity information: TRAVERSAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAVERSAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taking a zigzag path on skis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

traversal; traverse

Hypernyms ("traversal" is a kind of...):

crossing (traveling across)

Holonyms ("traversal" is a part of...):

skiing (a sport in which participants must travel on skis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Travel across

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

traversal; traverse

Hypernyms ("traversal" is a kind of...):

travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)

Derivation:

traverse (travel across or pass over)