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

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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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