Dictionary

intersect en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɪntɚˈsɛkt/ (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ɪntəˈsɛkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.
   • Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other. 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
   • Parallel lines don't intersect.
   • Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the centre.
2. Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.

Forms

Deriveds

nonintersecting · intersector · intersectingly · intersectin · unintersected

Relateds

intersectionalist · intersectionalism · intersectionally · intersection · intersectionalistic · intersectional · intersectionality

Translations (45)

cy trawstorri (in mathematics) · bg кръстосвам се (to cross each other; to cut each other) · ca intersecar (in mathematics) · fi leikata (in mathematics) · fi leikata (to cross each other; to cut each other) · pl krzyżować się (to cross each other; to cut each other) · es intersecarse (in mathematics) · bg пресичам (in mathematics) · pt intersetar (in mathematics) · fr intersecter (in mathematics) · pt intersetar (to cross each other; to cut each other) · es intersecarse (to cross each other; to cut each other) · it intersecare (in mathematics) · es interseccionar (in mathematics) · pt intersectar (in mathematics) · io intersekar (in mathematics) · pl krzyżować (to cross each other; to cut each other) · pl przecinać się (to cross each other; to cut each other) · fr intersecter (to cross each other; to cut each other) · fi ristetä (to cross each other; to cut each other) · pl przecinać (in mathematics) · io intersekar (to cross each other; to cut each other) · cy trawstorri (to cross each other; to cut each other) · fr interséquer (to cross each other; to cut each other) · pl przecinać się (in mathematics) · de sich schneiden (to cross each other; to cut each other) · pt intersectar (to cross each other; to cut each other) · ia intersecar (to cross each other; to cut each other) · ar تَقَاطَعَ (to cross each other; to cut each other) · tl bumagtas (in mathematics) · hy հատվել (to cross each other; to cut each other) · hy հատել (to cross each other; to cut each other) · nb skjære (to cross each other; to cut each other) · mi pūtahi (to cross each other; to cut each other) · cy croestorri (to cross each other; to cut each other) · de sich schneiden (in mathematics) · fr interséquer (in mathematics) · it intersecare (to cross each other; to cut each other) · kix vìangthàh (to cross each other; to cut each other) · pl przecinać (to cross each other; to cut each other) · nb gjennomskjære (to cross each other; to cut each other) · bg пресичам се (to cross each other; to cut each other) · ca intersecar (to cross each other; to cut each other) · cy croestorri (in mathematics) · es interseccionar (to cross each other; to cut each other)

intersect en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From inter- + sect.

Meanings

1. Between sects; intersectarian.

Forms