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intersect

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Etymology

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

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) 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.
  2. (mathematics) Of two sets, to have at least one element in common.
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