Intersect Definition

ĭntər-sĕkt
intersected, intersecting, intersects
verb
intersected, intersecting, intersects
To cut across or through.
The path intersects the park.
American Heritage
To cross each other.
Lines intersecting to form right angles.
Webster's New World
To divide into two parts by passing through or across; cut across.
A river intersects the plain.
Webster's New World
To form an intersection; cross.
These two fences intersect at the creek.
American Heritage
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.
Wiktionary

Origin of Intersect

  • Latin intersecāre intersect- inter- inter- secāre to cut sek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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