Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intersecting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intersect \In`ter*sect"\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intersecting
adj : crossed or intersected in the form of an X [syn: {decussate},
{intersectant}]
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