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intersecting

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in⋅ter⋅sect

  [in-ter-sekt]
Use intersecting in a Sentence
–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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in·ter·sect   (ĭn'tər-sěkt')   
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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