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Definition of Intersection

1. Noun. A point where lines intersect.

2. Noun. A junction where one street or road crosses another.

3. Noun. A point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations.

4. Noun. The set of elements common to two or more sets. "The set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things"

5. Noun. A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena. "There was no overlap between their proposals"

6. Noun. The act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path).

Definition of Intersection

1. n. The act, state, or place of intersecting.

Definition of Intersection

1. Noun. The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares. ¹

2. Noun. (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). ¹

3. Noun. (set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets. ¹

4. Noun. (sports) The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.[ ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intersection

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Intersection

1. 1. The act, state, or place of intersecting. 2. The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another. Origin: L. Intersectio: cf. F. Intersection. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intersection

interscholastic interschool intersciatic interscutularis interseasonal intersecant intersect intersectant intersectarian intersected

intersectin intersecting intersectins intersectio intersectio tendinea intersection (current term) intersection point intersectional intersectionalism intersectiones

intersections intersects intersegment intersegmental intersegmental fasciculi intersegmental part of pulmonary vein intersegmental veins interseismic intersensory interseptal

Literary usage of Intersection

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

1. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"Given the equations of two right lines, to find the equation of a third through their point of intersection. The method of solving this question, ..."

2. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"In its vertical position, ad would be in the plane MN and de would be vertical, df is the intersection of the plane MN and a horizontal plane which is at a ..."

3. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1910)
"If, on the other hand, one point of intersection of the line with the conic is ... The problem of finding the remaining point of intersection then depends ..."

4. Descriptive Geometry by Adam Vause Millar, Edward Silver Maclin (1913)
"To find the line of intersection of any two surfaces. In general, pass a system of auxiliary planes through the surfaces. The planes will cut lines from ..."

5. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"intersection. In general, two surfaces of the with and 71th degrees ... And at each point of the curve of intersection there is a single tangent line, ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Then it is obvious that any two real lines in the same plane will have a real intersection. This illustration, however, cannot easily be presented to the ..."

7. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"The intersection of this cone with a sphere whose centre is the vertex is called the Nodal line. If the point P is not on a line of equilibrium the nodal ..."

8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"toward the Bay Line wharf, a distance of about 200 feet. Beginning at the intersection of Newton and Main streets, and going thence ..."

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