intersection

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French intersection, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin intersectiō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/, /ˌɪntəɹˈsɛkʃən/

Noun

intersection (plural intersections)

1. The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
2. (geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).
3. (set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
4. (sports) The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.[1]
5. (category theory) The pullback of a corner of monics.

Synonyms

• (junction of paths): crossroads

Related terms

• intersect
• intersectionality

Translations

junction of two or more paths, etc

• Arabic: مُفْتَرَق m (muftaraq)
• Armenian: խաչմերուկ (hy) (xačʻmeruk), քառուղի (hy) (kʻaṙuġi)
• Belarusian: скрыжава́нне n (skryžavánnje)
• Bengali: ছেদ (ched)
• Bulgarian: кръсто́вище n (krǎstóvište), кръстопъ̀т (bg) m (krǎstopǎ̀t)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 路口 (lou⁶ hau²)

  Mandarin: 路口 (zh) (lùkǒu), 交叉 (zh) (jiāochā), 交差點／交差点, 交差点 (zh) (jiāochāidiǎn)

• Czech: křižovatka (cs) f
• Danish: kryds (da) n
• Dutch: kruising (nl) f, kruispunt (nl) m
• Esperanto: kruciĝo
• Estonian: ristmik
• Finnish: risteys (fi)
• French: carrefour (fr) m, intersection (fr) f
• Georgian: გზაჯვარედინი (gzaǯvaredini), მებოძირი (meboʒiri)
• German: Kreuzung (de) f
• Greek: διασταύρωση (el) f (diastávrosi), σταυροδρόμι (el) n (stavrodrómi)
• Hindi: चौराहा (hi) m (caurāhā), दोराहा (hi) m (dorāhā)
• Hungarian: útkereszteződés (hu), csomópont (hu)
• Icelandic: vegamót n pl, gatnamót (is) n pl
• Ido: krucovoyo (io)
• Indonesian: persimpangan (id)
• Italian: incrocio (it) m
• Japanese: 交差点 (ja) (こうさてん, kōsaten)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 사거리 (ko) (sageori), 네거리 (ko) (negeori), 교차로 (ko) (gyocharo)
• Lao: ທະວິບົດ (tha wi bot)
• Latvian: krustošanās m
• Lithuanian: sankryža f
• Macedonian: крстопат m (krstopat)
• Maori: rīpekanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kryss (no) n

  Nynorsk: kryss n

• Old English: ġelǣte n
• Polish: skrzyżowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: interseção (pt) f
• Romanian: intersecție (ro) f, intersectare (ro) f
• Russian: перекрёсток (ru) m (perekrjóstok)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ghearradh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кри́жа̄ње n, ра́скр̄шће n, ра́скрсница f, ра́скрӣжје n, крѝжӣште n, крижо̀пӯт m, крижо̀пӯће n, крсто̀пӯће n

  Roman: krížānje (sh) n, ráskr̄šće (sh) n, ráskrsnica (sh) f, ráskrīžje (sh) n, krìžīšte (sh) n, križòpūt m, križòpūće (sh) n, krstòpūće (sh) n

• Slovak: križovatka f
• Slovene: križišče (sl) n
• Spanish: cruce (es) m
• Swedish: korsning (sv) c
• Thai: สี่แยก (th) (sèe-yâek), ทางแยก (taang-yâek), ชุมทาง (chum-taang)
• Ukrainian: перехре́сток m (perexréstok), перехре́стя n (perexréstja)
• Vietnamese: ngã tư (vi)

in geometry

• Arabic: تَقَاطُع (taqāṭuʕ)
• Bulgarian: пресечна точка (presečna točka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交點／交点 (zh) (jiāodiǎn), 交点 (zh) (jiāodiǎn)

• Czech: průsečík m
• Danish: skæring, skæringspunkt n
• Dutch: kruispunt (nl) m, doorsnijding f
• Finnish: leikkauspiste (fi), leikkaus (fi)
• French: intersection (fr) f
• German: Schnittpunkt (de) m
• Greek: τομή (el) f (tomí)
• Hebrew: חיתוך
• Hungarian: metszőpont (hu), metszéspont (hu), metszet (hu)
• Icelandic: sniðmengi n, (a single point of intersection) skurðpunktur m
• Ido: interseko (io)
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• Japanese: 交点 (ja) (こうてん, kōten)
• Polish: punkt przecięcia m
• Portuguese: interseção (pt) f
• Romanian: intersecție (ro) f
• Russian: пересече́ние (ru) n (peresečénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ghearradh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: (Ekavian) пре́сек m, (Ijekavian) пре́сјек m

  Roman: (Ekavian) prések m, (Ijekavian) présjek (sh) m

• Slovak: priesečník m
• Spanish: intersección (es) f
• Swedish: skärning c
• Tagalog: bagtasan, pagbagtas,, bagtas (tl)

in set theory

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交集 (zh) (jiāojí)

• Czech: průnik m
• Danish: fællesmængde c
• Dutch: doorsnede (nl)
• Esperanto: komunaĵo
• Estonian: ühisosa, lõige
• Finnish: leikkaus (fi)
• French: intersection (fr) f
• German: Durchschnitt (de)
• Greek: τομή (el) f (tomí)
• Hebrew: חיתוך
• Hungarian: metszet (hu)
• Icelandic: sniðmengi n, snið (is) n, skurðmengi n, skarmengi n
• Ido: interseko (io)
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• Italian: intersezione (it) f
• Japanese: 積集合 (ja) (せきしゅうごう, sekishūgō)
• Korean: 교집합 (ko) (gyojiphap)
• Polish: przekrój (pl) m, część wspólna f, przecięcie (pl) n, iloczyn zbiorów m
• Portuguese: interseção (pt) f
• Romanian: intersecție (ro) f
• Russian: пересече́ние (ru) n (peresečénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: (Ekavian) пре́сек m, (Ijekavian) пре́сјек m

  Roman: (Ekavian) prések m, (Ijekavian) présjek (sh) m

• Slovak: prienik m
• Spanish: intersección (es) f
• Swedish: snitt (sv) n
• Tagalog: bagtasan, pagbagtas,, bagtas (tl)
• Ukrainian: перетин множин (peretyn množyn)

two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters passing through each other

• Finnish: läpimeno (fi)
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See also

• corner
• crossroad, crossroads
• junction
• union
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