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intersect
[ in-ter-sekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut or divide by passing through or across:
The highway intersects the town.
verb (used without object)
- to cross, as lines or wires.
- Geometry. to have one or more points in common:
intersecting lines.
intersect
/ ˌɪԳəˈɛ /
verb
- to divide, cut, or mark off by passing through or across
- (esp of roads) to cross (each other)
- maths often foll by with to have one or more points in common (with another configuration)
Other Word Forms
- ԴDzi·ٱ·iԲ adjective
- -t·iԲ adjective
- ܲi·ٱ·Ļ adjective
- ܲi·ٱ·iԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of intersect1
Word History and Origins
Origin of intersect1
Example Sentences
When these displaced, grief-laden men lingeringly intersect late in the novel, nothing really changes in terms of the plot but everything changes in terms of the book’s spiritual design.
"They intersect in different ways - sometimes overlapping, sometimes not," Sir Sam explained.
He rattled off all the levels of bureaucracy — internal, the fire commission, the City Council, the mayor — that intersect with L.A. firefighters.
The White Christian nationalists have parallel and intersecting goals which are described as the “Seven Mountains Mandate.”
Flagstones was discovered in the 1980s during the construction of the Dorchester bypass, with excavations revealing it was formed of a circular ditch made of intersecting pits.
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