intersect
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin intersecare (“‘to cut between, cut off’”) < inter (“‘between’”) + secare (“‘to cut’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
[edit] Verb
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to intersect (third-person singular simple present intersects, present participle intersecting, simple past and past participle intersected)
- to cross; to cut
- Parallel lines don't intersect.
- (mathematics) two sets intersect if and only if they have at least one common element
[edit] Translations
to cross each other; to cut each other; to crash
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[edit] 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
