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Definition of Intersect
1. Verb. Meet at a point. "His fields Intersect mine at this point"
Specialized synonyms: Cross
Generic synonyms: Come Across, Encounter, Meet, Run Across, Run Into, See
Derivative terms: Crossing, Crossing, Intersectant, Intersection
Definition of Intersect
1. v. t. 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 center.
2. v. i. To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.
Definition of Intersect
1. Verb. to cross; to cut ¹
2. Verb. (mathematics) of two sets, to have at least one element in common ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intersect
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intersect
Literary usage of Intersect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1888)
"Two R, of opposite systems in general do not intersect, but may intersect ...
Two R, of the same system in general intersect in a point, but may intersect ..."
2. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"Two right lines in space will in general not intersect. If the first line be
represented by any two equations L = 0, M= 0, and the second by any other two ..."
3. Descriptive Geometry by Ervin Kenison, Harry Cyrus Bradley (1917)
"With the point in which the axes of the surfaces intersect as center, describe
a series of ... These spheres will intersect both given surfaces in circles. ..."
4. Descriptive Geometry by Ervin Kenison, Harry Cyrus Bradley (1917)
"With the point in which the axes of the surfaces intersect as center, describe
a series of ... These spheres will intersect both given surfaces in circles. ..."
5. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"Corresponding chorda of two conies intersect on one of the chords of ... Bat the
chords evidently intersect on R - R'. And if we change the signs of ju, ..."
6. A Treatise on Infinitesimal Calculus: Containing Differential and Integral by Bartholomew Price (1857)
"... they touch and do not intersect ; and if the contact is of an even order, they
touch and intersect." For suppose the contact to be of the «th order, ..."
7. The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Designed for the Use of Surveyors and by John Butler Johnson (1900)
"I. Intersect line 3-4 Aztec lode, unsurveyed, at N. 72° 43' E. 236.3 ft. from Cor
... Intersect line 4-1 Hawley lode of this survey. Intersect line 4-1 Sur. ..."
8. An Elementary Treatise on Trilinear Co-ordinates, the Method of Reciprocal by Norman Macleod Ferrers (1861)
"To find the condition that three straight lines may intersect in a point. Let the
equations of the straight lines be = 0, 78a + TWj/8 + 71,7 = 0. ..."
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