transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntə(r)sekt ]
( intersects, intersecting, intersected)
1.
If two or more lines or roads intersect , they meet or cross each other. You can also say that one line or road intersects another.
The orbit of this comet intersects the orbit of the Earth...
The circles will intersect in two places...
V-RECIP : V n , pl-n V , also V with n
2.
If one thing intersects with another or if two things intersect , the two things have a connection at a particular point.
...the ways in which historical events intersect with individual lives...
Their histories intersect.
= overlap
V-RECIP : V with n , pl-n V
3.
If a place, area, or surface is intersected by things such as roads or lines, they cross it.
The city is intersected by three main waterways.
= cross
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed