INTERSECTING

decussate, intersectant, intersecting

(adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

intersecting

present participle of intersect

Source: Wiktionary


INTERSECT

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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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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