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Webster 1913 Edition


Intersection

Inˊter-sec′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
intersectio
: cf. F.
intersection
.]
1.
The act, state, or place of intersecting.
2.
(Geom.)
The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.

Webster 1828 Edition


Intersection

INTERSEC'TION

,
Noun.
[L. intersectio.] The act or state of intersecting.
1.
The point or line in which two lines or two planes cut each other.

Definition 2024


intersection

intersection

English

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.
  5. (category theory) The pullback of a corner of monics.

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