— intersectional , adj.
/in'teuhr sek"sheuhn/ , n.
1. a place where two or more roads meet, esp. when at least one is a major highway; junction.
2. any place of intersection or the act or fact of intersecting.
3. Math.
a. Also called meet, product . the set of elements that two or more sets have in common. Symbolically appearing like an inverted U-shape.
b. the greatest lower bound of two elements in a lattice.
[ 1550-60; intersection- (s. of intersectio ). See INTERSECT, -ION ]
Syn. 1. crossroads, crossing, corner.