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Definition of Intersecting
1. Adjective. Crossed or intersected in the form of an X.
Definition of Intersecting
1. Verb. (present participle of ''intersect'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intersecting
1. intersect [v] - See also: intersect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intersecting
Literary usage of Intersecting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise on Solid Geometry by Charles Smith (1886)
"To have three non-intersecting generating lines given is therefore equivalent to
having ... If a line meet three non-intersecting lines, it will meet the ..."
2. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"(6) The banding is complex and is (oi) Due to differences of color or intensity
of color, and is often definitely related to two or more intersecting sets ..."
3. Descriptive Geometry by Gardner Chace Anthony, George Francis Ashley (1909)
"To pass a plane through two intersecting or parallel lines. PRINCIPLE. The traces
of the plane must contain the traces of the lines (Art. 27, page 19). ..."
4. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1841)
"A. 10. represents a dike and protruded mass of Granite, intersecting and ... A.
11. represents the rare case of Granite intersecting Red Sandstone, Oolite, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield (1898)
"Intersecting railroads. — The terrible disasters which have resulted from the
practice, so frequent in America, of independent railroads crossing each other ..."
6. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"POUR SPHERES Intersecting AT RIGHT ANGLES. System of Four Spheres Intersecting
at Right Angles, at zero potential, under the Action of an Electrified Unit ..."
7. Descriptive Geometry by Ervin Kenison, Harry Cyrus Bradley (1917)
"The angle between two intersecting straight lines is a plane angle. It is measured
in the plane that is determined by the two lines. Problem 22. ..."
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