INTERSECT

intersect, cross

(verb) meet at a point

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

intersect (third-person singular simple present intersects, present participle intersecting, simple past and past participle intersected)

(ambitransitive) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.

(mathematics) Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.

Source: Wiktionary


In`ter*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intersected; p. pr. & vb. n. Intersecting.] Etym: [L. intersectus, p. p. of intersecare to intersect; inter + secare to cut. See Section.]

Definition: To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Cowper.

In`ter*sect", v. i.

Definition: To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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