dictionary definitions for "intersect"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  intersect
      v : meet at a point [syn: cross]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intersect \In`ter*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intersected; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Intersecting.] [L. intersectus, p. p. of
     intersecare to intersect; inter + secare to cut. See
     Section.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Lands intersected by a narrow frith
           Abhor each other.                        --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intersect \In`ter*sect"\, v. i.
     To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as,
     the point where two lines intersect.
     [1913 Webster] intersectant


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