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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : in-ter-sekt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈsɛkt |
Definition of intersecting
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
- The walls showed the bark of logs and tufts of intersecting moss.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- Then with a teacup or saucer draw some circles, intersecting or lapping at one edge.
- Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
- He helped his brother from the car, and looked up the intersecting street.
- Extract from : « When God Laughs and Other Stories » by Jack London
- From it at varying angles ran a number of intersecting avenues.
- Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
- They came to an intersecting street and Zeke slowed down the car.
- Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
- More rarely they are not accurately opposed, but placed in two different axes, intersecting at a small variable angle.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
- The streets are wide, intersecting each other at right angles.
- Extract from : « Torrey's Narrative » by William Torrey
- Here was a new base-line for explorers, intersecting the continent from end to end.
- Extract from : « The Australian Explorers » by George Grimm
- In beating, the sticks are held at their intersecting points.
- Extract from : « Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects » by C. V. Riley
- Farther back from the intersecting points are other streets.
- Extract from : « Mushroom Town » by Oliver Onions
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