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intersect
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb intersect has 1 sense
- intersect(v = verb.motion) cross - meet at a point; Array is one way to come across, encounter, meet, run across, run into, see
Derived forms adjective intersectant1, noun intersection6
Sample sentences:
Our properties intersect at this point
His fields intersect mine at this point
CIDE DICTIONARY
intersect, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
"Lands intersected by a narrow frith
Abhor each other." [1913 Webster]
Abhor each other." [1913 Webster]
intersect, v. i.
To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
intersect, v.
1 tr. divide (a thing) by passing or lying across it.
2 intr. (of lines, roads, etc.) cross or cut each other.
1 tr. divide (a thing) by passing or lying across it.
2 intr. (of lines, roads, etc.) cross or cut each other.
Etymology
L intersecare intersect- (as INTER-, secare cut)
THESAURUS
intersect
accord, agree, answer to, approach, assent, assort with, bar, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, bisect, center, centralize, check, chime, close, close in, close up, close with, cohere, coincide, come together, concenter, concentralize, concentrate, concur, conform, conform with, consist with, converge, cooperate, correspond, crisscross, cross, crossbar, crosscut, cruciate, cut across, decussate, dovetail, fall in together, fall in with, fit together, funnel, go together, go with, hang together, harmonize, hit, hold together, intercross, interlock, jibe, lie across, lock, match, meet, narrow the gap, nip, overlap, parallel, pinch, register, register with, respond to, run together, sing in chorus, sort with, square, square with, stand together, tally, taper, transverse, traverse, uniteROGET THESAURUS
intersect
Obliquity
VB intersect, lack parallelism.Crossing
VB cross, decussate, intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink, twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe, anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link, lace, tat, mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill, tangle, entangle, ravel, net, knot, dishevel, raddle.
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