Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
interrogative
interrogatory
interrogee
interrupt
interrupted cadence
interrupted screw
interruption
intersect
intersection
interservice
intersession
intersex
intersexual
interspace
interspecific
intersperse
interstadial
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

intersection

in·ter·sec·tion [ ìntər sékshən ] (plural in·ter·sec·tions)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. act of intersecting: the act or fact of intersecting

2. crossroads: a place where two roads or paths cross each other

3. crossing point: the place or point where two things cross each other

4. overlapping: an overlapping between two things such as different personal interests or political positions

5. mathematics common point: a point or set of points common to two or more intersecting geometric figures

6. mathematics set of common elements: a set that consists of all of the elements common to two or more other sets, thus being the largest set contained in all of the others


in·ter·sec·tion·al adjective
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft