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in⋅ter⋅sect

   [in-ter-sekt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
–verb (used without object)
2. to cross, as lines or wires.
3. Geometry. to have one or more points in common: intersecting lines.
Origin:
1605–15; < L intersectus ptp. of intersecāre to cut through, sever. See inter-, -sect
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Language Translation for : intersect
Spanish: intersecar(se), cruzarse, German: sich schneiden,kreuzen, Japanese: 交差する
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in·ter·sect     (ĭn'tər-sěkt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   in·ter·sect·ed, in·ter·sect·ing, in·ter·sects

v.   tr.
  1. To cut across or through: The path intersects the park.
  2. To form an intersection with; cross: The road intersects the highway a mile from here.
v.   intr.
  1. To cut across or overlap each other: circles intersecting on a graph.
  2. To form an intersection; cross: These two fences intersect at the creek.

[Latin intersecāre, intersect- : inter-, inter- + secāre, to cut; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]
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Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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intersect

verb
meet at a point 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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Intersect

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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

Intersect

In`ter*sect"\, v. i. To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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