intersect

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INTERSECT', verb transitive [Latin 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 intransitive To meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect [This is elliptical.]
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