intersect

[ in-ter-sekt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.

verb (used without object)
  1. to cross, as lines or wires.

  2. Geometry. to have one or more points in common: intersecting lines.

Origin of intersect

1
1605–15; <Latin intersectus, past participle of intersecāre “to cut through, sever”; see inter-, -sect

Other words from intersect

  • non·in·ter·sect·ing, adjective
  • self-in·ter·sect·ing, adjective
  • un·in·ter·sect·ed, adjective
  • un·in·ter·sect·ing, adjective

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How to use intersect in a sentence

  • Rollo had found, by the map, that the country all about Rotterdam was intersected by a complete network of creeks and rivers.

    Rollo in Holland | Jacob Abbott
  • The cavalry could not act, from the multitude of hedges and copses which intersected the theatre of conflict.

    The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for intersect

intersect

/ (ˌɪntəˈsɛkt) /


verb
  1. to divide, cut, or mark off by passing through or across

  2. (esp of roads) to cross (each other)

  1. maths (often foll by with) to have one or more points in common (with another configuration)

Origin of intersect

1
C17: from Latin intersecāre to divide, from inter- + secāre to cut

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