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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestravessia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tɾaveˈsi.a
"A travessia do oceano durou várias semanas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The action of crossing or moving through an area, space, or pathway.
"The difficult terrain delayed the hikers' traversal of the mountain range." - 2
In computer science and graph theory, the process of visiting each node in a data structure systematically.
"Tree traversal algorithms such as in-order, pre-order, and post-order are fundamental for data processing."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb traverse, originating from Old French traverser, which comes from the Late Latin transversare, meaning 'to cross over'. The noun suffix -al was later added in English to denote the action or process of crossing or moving through an area or structure.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Traversal" is said worldwide
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traversée
Transliteration: travɛʁse
"La traversée de la forêt a pris plusieurs heures."
Durchquerung
Transliteration: dʊʁçˈkveːʁʊŋ
"Die Durchquerung des Gebirges war äußerst anstrengend."
attraversamento
Transliteration: attraversamento
"L'attraversamento del fiume è possibile solo con la barca."
travesía
Transliteration: tɾavesˈia
"La travesía del desierto requiere una buena planificación."
travessia
Transliteration: tɾaveˈsi.a
"A travessia do oceano durou várias semanas."
पारगमन
Transliteration: paaragaman
"इस क्षेत्र का पारगमन कठिन है।"
遍历
Transliteration: biànlì
"这个算法用于图的深度优先遍历。"
순회
Transliteration: sunhoe
"이 그래프 순회 알고리즘은 매우 효율적입니다."
走査
Transliteration: sōsa
"ツリー構造の走査を行います。"
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