intersect

Etymology

From Latin intersecare (“to cut between, cut off”), from inter (“between”) + secare (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪntəˈsɛkt/
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(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˈsɛkt/
Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

intersect (third-person singular simple present intersects, present participle intersecting, simple past and past participle intersected)

(ambitransitive) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.
Parallel lines don't intersect.

Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the centre.
- 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
  Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other.
(mathematics) Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.

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Translations

to cross each other; to cut each other

Arabic: تَقَاطَعَ (taqāṭaʕa)
Armenian: հատել (hy) (hatel) (active voice), հատվել (hy) (hatvel) (passive voice)
Bulgarian: пресичам се (presičam se), кръстосвам се (krǎstosvam se)
Catalan: intersecar (ca)
Finnish: ristetä (fi), leikata (fi)
French: intersecter (fr), interséquer
German: sich schneiden
Ido: intersekar (io)
Italian: intersecare
Khiamniungan Naga: vìangthàh
Maori: pūtahi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skjære (no), gjennomskjære
Polish: przecinać (pl), przecinać się (pl), krzyżować (pl), krzyżować się (pl)
Portuguese: intersectar, intersetar
Spanish: intersecar
Welsh: croestorri, trawstorri

in mathematics

Bulgarian: пресичам (bg) (presičam)
Catalan: intersecar (ca)
Finnish: leikata (fi)
French: intersecter (fr), interséquer
German: sich schneiden
Ido: intersekar (io)
Italian: intersecare
Polish: przecinać (pl), przecinać się (pl)
Portuguese: intersectar, intersetar
Spanish: intersecar
Tagalog: bumagtas
Welsh: croestorri, trawstorri