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intersect(2)(dictionary)
intersect(dictionary)

intersect(2) (iou)



intersect verb. E17.
[Latin intersect- pa. ppl stem of intersecare cut asunder, intersect, formed as INTER- + secare cut.]
verb trans. Divide by passing through or lying across; cross. Freq. in pass. (foll. by by, with). E17.
P. Carey That perfect green landscape of his imagination, intersected with streams and redolent of orange blossom. A. Munro The street crossed the railway tracks. At the foot of the hill, it intersected the main street.
b. Geometry. Of a line, surface, etc.: cross (a line or surface) so as to have at least one point in common. M17.
c. Of a person: come across (a person, a path); intercept. rare. M19.
verb intrans. Of lines, surfaces, roads, etc.: cross or cut each other or with another. M19.
B. Tarkington He set up fountains..where the streets intersected. fig.: M. L. King The crisis of Negro aspirations intersects with the urban crisis.
intersectant adjective (rare) intersecting M19.