Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cut across or through.
- intransitive verb To form an intersection with; cross.
- intransitive verb To cut across or overlap each other.
- intransitive verb To form an intersection; cross.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut or divide into parts; lie or pass across: as, the ecliptic intersects the equator.
- To cut apart; separate by intervening.
- To cut into one another; meet and cross each other; have, as two geometrical loci, one or more points in common: as, intersecting lines.
- noun In geometry, a point of intersection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other.
- transitive verb To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
cross ; tocut - verb mathematics of two
sets , to have at least oneelement incommon
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb meet at a point
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They have a nice primer to help you figure out how all the various titles intersect, which is non-trivial to keep track of in the X-Universe. continuity.
New: All Things O'Reilly Brett McLaughlin 2009
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I think about where A & B intersect is where B takes an upward turn.
Give & take. 2009
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The point at which these two curves intersect is the equilibrium point, which is also known as “perfect competition” and is generally held up — by economists, anyway — as the goal for all markets.
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To most “normal” people the question of where the laws of the state and the laws of war intersect is a difficult one.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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However, as an illustrator, to not explore the territory where these two vectors intersect is short-changing the audience, the client, the author, the book, and myself.
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"Draw a line between Seattle and Boise, then draw another line between Portland and Missoula, and where those two lines intersect is where I went spent four years of my life."
Mark Cohen biography 2004
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I think the point where they intersect is a car crash. fun & comedy » Blog Archive » No idea what’s ahead.
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I've been trying to find a piece for Sirenia Digest located at the place where cannibalism and tooth pain intersect.
"I'm praying for something that's worth drowning for..." greygirlbeast 2009
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Rarely, however, do the two intersect, which is why the Sunshine State marveled on Monday at the fate of Jennifer
NYT > Home Page By DAMIEN CAVE 2010
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(Sometimes these two groups intersect, which is where the fun really begins.)
Express Milwaukee 2008
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