intersect

To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.

Verb

  1. 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.
    • Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other. - 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
  2. Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.

Origin

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

Forms

intersects intersecting intersected

Related

intersection intersectional intersectionalism intersectionalist intersectionalistic intersectionality intersectionally

Derived

intersectin intersectingly intersector nonintersecting unintersected