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Webster 1913 Edition

Intersect

Inˊter-sect′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intersected
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Intersecting
.]
[L.
intersectus
, p. p. of
intersecare
to intersect;
inter
+
secare
to cut. See
Section
.]
To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts;
as, any two diameters of a circle
intersect
each other at the center
.
Lands
intersected
by a narrow frith
Abhor each other.
Cowper.

Inˊter-sect′

,
Verb.
I.
To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other;
as, the point where two lines
intersect
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intersect

INTERSECT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. interseco; inter, between, and seco, to cut.]
To cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts. Thus two lines or two planes may intersect each other. The ecliptic intersects the equator.

INTERSECT'

,
Verb.
I.
To meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect. [This is elliptical.]

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