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intersect. [ in-ter- sekt ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. 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. / ˌɪntəˈsɛkt / verb.
In geometry, when a line intersects another line, they meet at exactly one point, and when a circle intersects a line, there are two points where they touch each other. When two streets intersect, you get an intersection, where you'll often find a stop sign or traffic signal.
early 17th cent.: from Latin intersect- ‘cut, intersected’, from the verb intersecare, from inter- ‘between’ + secare ‘to cut’. Definition of intersect verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If two things such as lines or roads intersect, they go across each other at a particular point. (Definition of intersect from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town. v.i. 2. to cross, as lines or wires. 3. Geom. to have one or more points in common: intersecting lines. [1605–15; < Latin intersectus, past participle of intersecāre to cut through, sever = inter- inter - + secāre to cut]
4 days ago · 1. verb. If two or more lines or roads intersect, they meet or cross each other. You can also say that one line or road intersects another. The orbit of this comet intersects the orbit of the Earth. [VERB noun] The circles will intersect in two places. [VERB] The centre of the city is full of tiny intersecting alley-ways. [VERB -ing] 2. verb.
5 days ago · 1. reciprocal verb. If two or more lines or roads intersect, they meet or cross each other. You can also say that one line or road intersects another. The orbit of this comet intersects the orbit of the Earth. 2. reciprocal verb. If one thing intersects with another or if two things intersect, the two things connect at a particular point.
