intersect

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

intersect (third-person singular simple present intersects, present participle intersecting, simple past and past participle intersected)

1. 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.

   • Cowper

     Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other.

2. (mathematics) of two sets, to have at least one element in common

Translations

to cross each other; to cut each other

• Finnish: ristetä (fi), leikata (fi)
• German: sich schneiden

• Polish: przecinać (pl), przecinać się, krzyżować (pl), krzyżować się
• Portuguese: se cruzar (pt)
• Spanish: intersecar (es)

in mathematics

• Finnish: leikata (fi)
• German: sich schneiden

• Polish: przecinać (pl), przecinać się

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Translations to be checked

• Portuguese: intersectar

Related terms

• intersection

External links

• intersect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• intersect in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• intersect at OneLook Dictionary Search