intersect

From Latin intersecare (“to cut between, cut off”), from inter (“between”) + secare (“to cut”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˈsɛkt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪntəˈsɛkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt

intersect (third-person singular simple present intersects, present participle intersecting, simple past and past participle intersected)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.

   Parallel lines don't intersect.

   Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the centre.

   • Cowper

     Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other.

2. (mathematics) Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.

• intersection

• intersect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• intersect in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• intersect at OneLook Dictionary Search