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Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-ter-sekt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈsɛkt



Definition of intersect

Origin :
  • 1610s, back-formation from intersection, or else from Latin intersectus, past participle of intersecare "intersect, cut asunder," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Related: Intersected; intersecting.
  • verb cut across; cross at a point
Example sentences :
  • How they must intersect, cross and intermingle each other's orbits!
  • Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper
  • These orbits have one feature in common: they all intersect the track of the earth.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
  • Three lines are made to intersect this middle line, as shown in the detail.
  • Extract from : « Mission Furniture » by H. H. Windsor
  • They intersect at E, which point represents the "equilibrium of the controls."
  • Extract from : « The Problems of Psychical Research » by Hereward Carrington
  • A Tangent is a line which touches a curve, but does not intersect it.
  • Extract from : « An Analysis of the Lever Escapement » by H. R. Playtner
  • We were crossing the cemetery now by one of the intricate paths which intersect it.
  • Extract from : « In the Tail of the Peacock » by Isabel Savory
  • But the courses of the two fleets did not intersect at right angles.
  • Extract from : « Famous Sea Fights » by John Richard Hale
  • The axes will not be parallel, nor will they intersect each other.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8 » by Various
  • The valleys that now intersect the table-land have been carved out of it.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Hills » by H. N. Hutchinson
  • The streets are numerous, and intersect each other, for the most part, at right angles.
  • Extract from : « The Bible in Spain » by George Borrow

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