intersective

English

Adjective

intersective (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Relating to intersection.
   • 2015, D. Bubboloni, J. Sonn, “Intersective $S_{n}$ polynomials with few irreducible factors”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     It is known that $s(G)\leq r(G).$ It is also known that if $G$ is realizable as a Galois group over the rationals, then it is also realizable as the Galois group of an intersective polynomial.

2. (grammar) Of a modifier: such that its content does not interact with that of the modified noun. For example, in the phrase "ugly dog", "ugly" is intersective because the fact that the dog is ugly is independent of the fact that it is a dog. If you were to determine that it was a pet, then you could conclude that it is an ugly pet (that is, "ugly" applies to "pet", independent of whether the pet is a dog).

Coordinate terms

• (grammar): subsective

References

• "Subsective adjectives and immigration" by Heidi Harley on Language Log.