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in⋅ter⋅sec⋅tion

  [in-ter-sek-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a place where two or more roads meet, esp. when at least one is a major highway; junction.
2. any place of intersection or the act or fact of intersecting.
3. Mathematics.
a. Also called meet, product. the set of elements that two or more sets have in common. Symbol: ∩
b. the greatest lower bound of two elements in a lattice.
Origin:
1550–60; < L intersectiōn- (s. of intersectiō). See intersect, -ion

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅sec⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. crossroads, crossing, corner.
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in·ter·sec·tion   (ĭn'tər-sěk'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act, process, or result of intersecting.

  2. also (ĭn'tər-sěk'-) A place where things intersect, especially a place where two or more roads cross.

  3. Mathematics

    1. The point or locus of points where one line, surface, or solid crosses another.

    2. A set that contains elements shared by two or more given sets.

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Word Origin & History

intersection 
1559, from L. intersectionem (nom. intersectio) "a cutting asunder, intersection," from intersectus, pp. of intersecare "intersect, cut asunder," from inter- "between" + secare "to cut" (see section). Originally a term in geometry, meaning "crossroads" is from 1864. Intersect (v.) first attested 1615.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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