Meaning of INTERSECT
Pronunciation: | | `intur'sekt
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| Definition: | | [v] meet at a point |
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| Synonyms: | | cross |
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| See Also: | | come across, encounter, meet, ran into, run across, see | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\In`ter*sect"\, v. i.
To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as,
the point where two lines intersect.
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