Definition of Intersectant

1. Adjective. Crossed or intersected in the form of an X.

Exact synonyms: Decussate, Intersecting
Similar to: Crossed
Derivative terms: Intersect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intersectant

interscapular gland
interscapular hibernoma
interscapular reflex
interscapulars
interscapulothoracic
interscapulothoracic amputation
interscapulum
interscendent
interscholastic
interschool
intersciatic
interscutularis
interseasonal
intersecant
intersect
intersectant (current term)
intersectarian
intersected
intersectin
intersecting
intersectins
intersectio
intersectio tendinea
intersection
intersection point
intersectional
intersectionalism
intersectiones
intersections
intersects

Literary usage of Intersectant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chapters on the Modern Geometry of the Point, Line, and Circle: Being the by Richard Townsend (1865)
"... one be either concurrent or collinearly intersectant with the opposite sides, so is the other also ; hence also, from the above, it appears, conversely, ..."

2. A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. Composed for the Use of the Royal by Charles Hutton, Olinthus Gregory (1843)
"There are three varieties; (1) the salient ; (2) the re-entrant; and (3) the intersectant, as in the darkened parts of the figures. 5. ..."

3. The Mathematician by Thomas Stephens Davies, Stephen Fenwick, William Rutherford, E. & F.N. Spon (1856)
"The second set of values of p, q, etc., that we have employed, constitute the intersectant quadrilateral. ..."

4. Combinatory Vocabulary of CAD-CAM in Mechanical Engineering: A French (1994)
"... [lignes de balayage] traverser ~ ~ Adj. ~ caractéristique*, ~ concave*, ~ contenu, ~ convexe*, ~ disjoint*, ~ englobant*, -fermé, ~ intersectant*, ..."

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