intersect

verb, adj — 3 senses

intersect

verb

UK /ɪntəˈsɛkt/ · US /ɪntɚˈsɛkt/

Etymology From Latin intersecare (“to cut between, cut off”), from inter (“between”) + secare (“to cut”).

1

Ambitransitive 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.

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Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other.1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:

2

Mathematics, Sciences Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.

Derived terms: intersectin, intersectingly, intersector, nonintersecting, unintersected
Related terms: intersection, intersectional, intersectionalism, intersectionalist, intersectionalistic, intersectionality, intersectionally

intersect

adj

Etymology From inter- + sect.

1

Between sects; intersectarian.

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Conjugation of “intersect”, all tenses