INTERSECT


Meaning of INTERSECT in English

/ ˌɪntəˈsekt; NAmE -tərˈs-/ verb

1.

( of lines, roads, etc. ) to meet or cross each other :

[ v ]

a pattern of intersecting streets

The lines intersect at right angles.

The path intersected with a busy road.

[also vn ]

2.

[ vn ] [ usually passive ] intersect sth (with sth) to divide an area by crossing it :

The landscape is intersected with spectacular gorges.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from Latin intersect- cut, intersected, from the verb intersecare , from inter- between + secare to cut.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.