travessia
1. The act of traveling across or through something; movement from one side to the other
The traversal of the mountain range took three weeks.
A travessia da cordilheira levou três semanas.
2. In computing, the systematic visiting of all nodes in a data structure (such as a tree or graph) in a specific order
The depth-first traversal algorithm visits nodes in a particular sequence.
O algoritmo de travessia em profundidade visita os nós em uma sequência particular.
3. A lateral or diagonal movement across a slope or surface
The rock climber made a careful traversal across the cliff face.
O escalador fez uma travessia cuidadosa pela face do penhasco.
While 'traversal' is predominantly a technical or formal English term, in Brazilian Portuguese 'travessia' is widely used in everyday language to describe any crossing or passage, particularly geographical ones. In computing contexts, both Brazilian and European Portuguese communities use 'travessia' or the English term 'traversal' interchangeably in technical documentation.
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