intersect
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin intersecare (“to cut between, cut off”), from inter (“between”) + secare (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɚˈsɛkt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntəˈsɛkt/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛkt
Verb
[edit]intersect (third-person singular simple present intersects, present participle intersecting, simple past and past participle intersected)
- (transitive, intransitive) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.
- Parallel lines don't intersect.
- Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the centre.
- 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
- Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other.
- (mathematics) Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to cross each other; to cut each other
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Further reading
[edit]- “intersect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “intersect”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “intersect”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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