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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.
1.
The point or line in which two lines or two planes cut each other.Definition 2024
intersection
intersection
English
Noun
intersection (plural intersections)
- The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
- (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).
- (set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
- (sports) The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.
- (category theory) The pullback of a corner of monics.
Synonyms
- (junction of paths): crossroads
Related terms
Translations
junction of two or more paths, etc
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two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters passing through each other