Intersection
[ɪntə'sekʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪntɚ'sɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path).
(noun.) a junction where one street or road crosses another.
(noun.) a point where lines intersect.
(noun.) the set of elements common to two or more sets; 'the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things'.
(noun.) a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations.
Typed by Chauncey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act, state, or place of intersecting.
(n.) The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.
Checker: Rosalind
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Crossing.
Edited by Alison
Examples
- In moving to execute this order he came upon the enemy at the intersection of the White Oak Road and the Claiborne Road. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They had me surrounded at the intersection of two corridors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Humphreys forced his way across with some loss, and followed Lee to the intersection of the road crossing at Farmville with the one from Petersburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He met them at the intersection of the Furnace and Brock roads and at Todd's Tavern, and defeated them at both places. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At each intersection, and along the boundary lines of the rhomb, letters were marked, any one of which might be pointed at by the combined action of two of the needles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- At intersections I halted a moment to make sure that none was in sight before I sprang quickly to the shadows of the opposite side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typed by Ewing