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Webster 1913 Edition
Intersect
Inˊter-sect′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intersected
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Intersecting
.] To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts;
as, any two diameters of a circle
. intersect
each other at the centerLands
Abhor each other.
intersected
by a narrow frithAbhor each other.
Cowper.
Inˊter-sect′
,Verb.
I.
To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other;
as, the point where two lines
. intersect
Webster 1828 Edition
Intersect
INTERSECT'
,Verb.
T.
To cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts. Thus two lines or two planes may intersect each other. The ecliptic intersects the equator.
INTERSECT'
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
intersect
intersect
English
Verb
intersect (third-person singular simple present intersects, present participle intersecting, simple past and past participle intersected)
- 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.
- Cowper
- Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other.
- (mathematics) of two sets, to have at least one element in common
Translations
to cross each other; to cut each other
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in mathematics
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