intersect
pronunciation
How to pronounce intersect in British English:
UK [ˌɪntəˈsekt]
How to pronounce intersect in American English:
US [ˌɪntərˈsekt]
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- Verb:
- meet at a point
Word Origin
- intersect
- intersect: see section
- intersect (v.)
- 1610s, back-formation from intersection, or else from Latin intersectus, past participle of intersecare "intersect, cut asunder," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Related: Intersected; intersecting.
- intersect (n.)
- 1650s, from Latin intersectum (see intersect (v.)).
Example
- 1. Specifically , it examines how this structure would intersect with insurance and settlements .
- 2. Try placing the point of interest , or other important elements , on or near the points where the lines intersect .
- 3. It is where financial power and political power intersect .
- 4. Lines and angles : when two lines intersect , opposite angles are equal and the sum of adjacent angles is 180 degrees .
- 5. Like railway tracks that appear to converge but never actually intersect the project to get the world 's big economies to use the same accounting standards cannot quite close a vital gap .